Letters
Travellers would disagree
Re: Should air travellers entering Canada be subjected to random COVID-19 testing? This poll should have a second question. Will you be entering Canada by air...
Does RCMP boat even float?
Re: 'Onslaught of Onlookers' Here we go again with boaters getting in the way of fire operations on the lake. When will the RCMP dispatch its boat and...
Is city ready for 46 storeys?
Re: City staff support 46 storeys Has the city council, now that they openly gave initial support to the project, considered our city’s infrastructure,...
Poilievre will never be PM
I don’t support Jordan Peterson in any way, but I must admit that he has a cult-like following, much like Trump 45. I recall a Telegraph interview when he...
Not the government's fault
Re: Get angry at the BC NDP Here are some facts for Ricky: • The federal excise tax is 10 cents per litre. • The provincial excise tax is 7.75 cents...
Do as I say and not as I do
Mr. Do As I Say and not as I do (Justin Trudeau) blessed us with a trip to BC primarily for some photo ops in a private jet burning fossil fuel (paid for by us...
Get angry at the BC NDP
Re: Greedy gas station owners Only 4-6% of gas prices goes to gas stations. However, Vern Miller demands the government do something. Various levels of...
Gas stations not to blame
Re: Greedy gas station owners Every time I read a letter in regards to gas pricing and greed, my blood starts to boil. Even so I am not 100% sure, I doubt that...
Hire back the drivers
Re: Transit short 25 drivers I find this funny, because this is almost the amount of drivers that are missing due to not being vaccinated. First Canada and B.C....
Canada has changed
Canada has changed radically during the last fifteen years. The party system is self-destructing, and we have an unelected Senate with absolutely no democratic...
No begging on boulevards
Homeless On The Center Boulevards What is the deal? I thought it was illegal in Kelowna for people to be on the centre (street) boulevards begging for money....
Remember who tends fields
Dear Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister We are writing as members of Radical Action with Migrants in Agriculture (RAMA Okanagan), a collective supporting migrant...
So, where is that rebate?
Re: Still waiting on ICBC rebate? On March 25, 2022 Premier Horgan, as reported by CTV Vancouver, that motorists with basic ICBC insurance will receive a one...
Greedy gas station owners
Why are we, here in Kelowna, held hostage by greedy gas station owners. On Saturday, gas was 195.9 at SuperSave. Prices varied around town by pennies. Yet here,...
Get to work on the bridge
I spent an unpleasant hour on the Bennett bridge last week and friends tried this week. If memory serves me well the bridge was meant to have a third lane north...
We're comparably fortunate
I cannot speak to what some individuals may require private healthcare for and due to the cost would not benefit most. I myself have had at least 95% excellent...
Make some noise
It is no secret that we Canadians spend more of our national wealth on our health care than most other OECD nations. Yet these other wealthy countries have much...
No compassion from MLA
Open letter to Penticton MLA Dan Ashton I am writing in regards to the video on Castanet, July 13, stating the obvious need for an alternate route between...
Retirement a no go in OK
My husband and I have wanted to retire for awhile and thought it was the best time with housing (sales) markets in our favour. Having now sold, we hoped to...
Anti-idling bylaw 'stupid'
Re. Proposed anti-idling bylaw in Kelowna How stupid is this? It gets super hot here. So, I can’t remote start my car and cool it off ? It also gets...