Letters
Canada lags behind
Liberals know that they have governed for 70 of the last 100 years; they know they have been in power for the last 5.5 years. This pandemic disaster and the...
Feet drag on clean water
Based on the city's latest announcement, West Kelowna water users will continue to wait until the spring of 2022 for the new Rose Valley water treatment...
Help save Polson Park
In my honest opinion, I think at the very least a portion of that $13million dollars should be put towards some sort of small shelters for the homeless who...
Why fear it if its not real?
Re: No vaccinations allowed To the businesses that mandated a "no mask" policy and then upped the ante by banning customers that have received a...
Change the system
Letter writers occasionally challenge the integrity and fairness of the proportional ballots. Having lived in a country for about 22 years, where they have used...
Motivated by ignorance
People motivated by ignorance and anger are easily co-opted by bigots, as we can see by the rally held yesterday in Kelowna. Chris Saccoccia (aka Chris Sky) had...
Rental scooters not safe
Rental scooters should be banned from the lake promenade. Today, I witnessed two very near collisions between pedestrians and Lime scooter riders. In addition,...
Trudeau has no plan
Trudeau’s thought process operates like a pinball machine, he’s all over the place when it comes to his mishandling of the Covid pandemic here in...
Learn the Charter
I would like to remind the individual who wrote "Deny them Care" of just a few of our rights and freedoms according to the Canadian Charter of Rights...
Pay off our debt
Re: Legacy projects still TBD It is nice to ask for more new things, which just means spending more. I would like the city to pay off long term debts and if any...
There is no perfect location
This is a response to the April 16, 2021 letter to Castanet titled “Was anyone consulted?” and is meant to correct some statements regarding the...
Half-baked stabs at it
How in the world is telling people not to travel outside their health authority going to have any impact if the interprovincial border is still open and flights...
Freedoms being stripped
Ahh, it feels all too familiar for some reason. "Here's your space you're allowed to stay in. Leave it and face consequences." Where have I...
Ground the flights
This is my response to Castanet’s request for readers' thoughts on travel restrictions, and I write on behalf of all small business owners struggling...
Kudos to the author
Re: We must live Letter of the day/week/month/year goes to Ricky Daytona of West Kelowna (April 20 “We Must Live”). Every point was hit, including...
Deny them care
I participated in your facial recognition poll related to police. I think IH and/or BC Health should also adopt facial recognition for all those individuals who...
Who will pay the taxes?
Re: Tourism asks for clarity Don’t we all? For the government clarity, sanity and good old common sense don’t mess. If the situation is bad in one...
Consider your dog
COVID19 and variants have given many people plenty of spare time. The dog, a perfect companion for outdoor activities, has benefited. However, having just seen...
What about youth sports?
I sent this same email below to the mainstream media outlets but have had no response. Softball BC, BC Soccer and Volleyball BC have also sent letters to the...
People won't listen
Now we have a gym that is kicking out people who wear masks? Oh and you aren’t allowed in if you have had the vaccine. Give me a break! This is a sickness...