Letters

LETTER: Accessible businesses are needed

LETTER: Accessible businesses are needed

After 10 years in Summerland, I have learned which businesses are not accessible, and ignore them

  • Mar 11, 2020
LETTER: Accessible businesses are needed
Letter: What’s the delay on sticking with daylight saving time?

Letter: What’s the delay on sticking with daylight saving time?

Writer questions why B.C. government has yet to eliminate time change

  • Mar 11, 2020
Letter: What’s the delay on sticking with daylight saving time?
Letter: Filthy treatment of public toilets perplexing

Letter: Filthy treatment of public toilets perplexing

Writer lifts the lid on unsanitary use of public facilities

  • Mar 11, 2020
Letter: Filthy treatment of public toilets perplexing
LETTER: Excavating crew was thoughtful and professional

LETTER: Excavating crew was thoughtful and professional

Workers dug up portion of Quinpool Road in Summerland

  • Mar 11, 2020
LETTER: Excavating crew was thoughtful and professional
(Stock photo)

LETTER: Gardens should be encouraged

I have a good sized vegetable garden and a large box which my son built

  • Mar 9, 2020
(Stock photo)
LETTER: Childrearing courses should be taught in schools

LETTER: Childrearing courses should be taught in schools

Along with their physical wellbeing, children’s sound psychological health should a priority

  • Mar 2, 2020
LETTER: Childrearing courses should be taught in schools
Letter: Make Wet’suwet’en land part of Canada’s protected territory

Letter: Make Wet’suwet’en land part of Canada’s protected territory

Writer argues LNG dirtier not cleaner as replacement to coal

  • Mar 2, 2020
Letter: Make Wet’suwet’en land part of Canada’s protected territory
LETTER: Forestry practices will affect property values

LETTER: Forestry practices will affect property values

Logging these water purifying ecosystems affects B.C. communities

  • Feb 21, 2020
LETTER: Forestry practices will affect property values
LETTER: Thanks to Fyffe Road Snow Angel

LETTER: Thanks to Fyffe Road Snow Angel

Snow-clearing efforts have been appreciated

  • Feb 21, 2020
LETTER: Thanks to Fyffe Road Snow Angel
Andrea Sinclair, president of the BC Parent Advisory Councils. (Submitted)

LETTER: We need to thank those who work in public education

Andrea Sinclair is president of the BC Parent Advisory Councils

  • Jan 29, 2020
Andrea Sinclair, president of the BC Parent Advisory Councils. (Submitted)
LETTER: Kindness and compassion needed around cats

LETTER: Kindness and compassion needed around cats

I’ve observed callous disregard, and sometimes even contempt, exhibited towards these sentient beings

  • Jan 24, 2020
LETTER: Kindness and compassion needed around cats
The United Kingdom fines owners a hefty price for not picking up after their pets. (Contributed)

LETTER: Dog dirt – hefty fines suggested

Okanagan might solve poop problem by implementing hefty fines like the U.K.

The United Kingdom fines owners a hefty price for not picking up after their pets. (Contributed)
Letter: Canada could have its own king if Prince Harry, Meghan Markle move to B.C.

Letter: Canada could have its own king if Prince Harry, Meghan Markle move to B.C.

Royals could take up residence in one of Victoria’s homeless camps during Empress reno

  • Jan 21, 2020
Letter: Canada could have its own king if Prince Harry, Meghan Markle move to B.C.
Joel Krahn/Yukon News file

LETTER: Old enough to know what’s been lost in B.C. salmon

Stephen Hume writes about the lack of discussion on the province’s dwindling salmon population

  • Jan 16, 2020
Joel Krahn/Yukon News file
LETTER: Racial profiling was disgusting

LETTER: Racial profiling was disgusting

Recent arrest of a First Nations grandfather and his granddaughter was appalling

LETTER: Racial profiling was disgusting
LETTER: Efforts needed to save B.C.’s forests

LETTER: Efforts needed to save B.C.’s forests

Our forests have been permanently, radically altered, now our forest industry must follow

  • Jan 15, 2020
LETTER: Efforts needed to save B.C.’s forests
LETTER: Summerlanders have shown generosity

LETTER: Summerlanders have shown generosity

While fires rage in Australia, visitor notices community spirit in Summerland

  • Jan 3, 2020
LETTER: Summerlanders have shown generosity
LETTER: Utility increases, RDOS pay increase are disappointing

LETTER: Utility increases, RDOS pay increase are disappointing

Increases will affect those on low incomes

  • Jan 3, 2020
LETTER: Utility increases, RDOS pay increase are disappointing
Christmas characters can mislead kids

Christmas characters can mislead kids

Letter to the editor

  • Dec 23, 2019
Christmas characters can mislead kids
Patient gives thanks for medical care

Patient gives thanks for medical care

Letter to the editor

  • Dec 23, 2019
Patient gives thanks for medical care
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