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Letters

Fix Highway 97 first

Sep 29, 2023 / 10:47 am

Widening the W.R. Bennett Bridge would be a waste of time and money at this point. Right now, the traffic has no place to go. The highway through town is a...

Issue is not Bennett Bridge

Sep 29, 2023 / 10:40 am

Re. Wider bridge suggested (Castanet, Sept, 28) After reading the article, I had to ask myself what a wider bridge (over Okanagan Lake between Kelowna and West...

Wants vote on loan proposal

Sep 29, 2023 / 10:31 am

Open letter to Kelowna Mayer Tom Dyas and Kelowna city council I am writing to you today with information I learned over the past six weeks. This knowledge was...

Development plan lacking

Sep 29, 2023 / 10:18 am

Re. Mill plans 'underwhelming' (Castanet, Sept. 25) Tolko’s proposals for the development of its mill site in Kelowna is pretty much what most of...

'Best we forget'

Sep 28, 2023 / 2:10 pm

Re. Poll: Should names of former Nazi soldiers, allowed to immigrate to Canada after the Second World War, be made public? (Castanet, Sept. 27) War criminals,...

Fossil fuels still needed

Sep 28, 2023 / 10:12 am

Re. Zena Ryder's letter Make companies pay (Castanet, Sept. 21) After reading the letter submitted by Zena Ryder regarding climate change and how fossil...

Interest rate hikes hurt

Sep 28, 2023 / 10:01 am

I admit, I am not very experienced when it comes to economics, so please help me out here. The Bank of Canada may raise (interest) rates again in mid-October...

Wants NDP to pull support

Sep 28, 2023 / 9:56 am

Why is it that since the (federal) Liberal government came to power, Canada's economic engine has been in a continuous downward spiral? Why is it that...

Not a Poilievre fan

Sep 28, 2023 / 9:52 am

Having watched (Conservative Leader) Pierre Poilievre on the news in Penticton in July, and as recently as these past weeks, spout off about all manner of...

Questions about Ukraine

Sep 28, 2023 / 9:49 am

The current political ruckus and associated global national embarrassment in Ottawa raises further questions that have long been overlooked. What affiliation...

More bike lane complaints

Sep 28, 2023 / 9:29 am

Re. Rick Thorpe’s letter Electrical rate increases (Castanet, Sept. 26) I agree with the letter writer about Penticton’s utility increase. I raised...

EV questions need answers

Sep 27, 2023 / 12:55 pm

I’m so happy the wealthiest Canadians receive massive subsidies so they can “virtue signal” with electric cars. The manufacturing is...

Opposes towers at arena

Sep 27, 2023 / 11:33 am

Re. Towers on (Kelowna’s) Prosera Place parking lot. I see there was recently another letter about this silly idea. I am not against high rises, unlike...

EVs are well worth owning

Sep 27, 2023 / 11:22 am

From the point of view of an experienced electric vehicle owner, I would like to respond to recent public concerns about electric vehicles. My partner and I...

Ban scooters in Kelowna?

Sep 27, 2023 / 11:10 am

I recently saw two girls, (not wearing) helmets, riding on the same scooter through my complex (in Kelowna). They were travelling with a young man who had a...

Graveside flowers fine

Sep 27, 2023 / 9:18 am

Re. Trinkets stay banned at Vernon cemetery as council passes on loosening restriction (Castanet, Sept. 26) I think putting flowers on a grave in a cemetery is...

System needs to be fixed

Sep 26, 2023 / 11:33 am

Re. ‘Ghost hotels’ hurt renters (Castanet, Sept. 25) (The article contains) interesting statistics regarding the impact of short-term rentals on the...

Nanaimo leading the way

Sep 26, 2023 / 11:20 am

Thank you to Nanaimo’s mayor and city council for taking the important step to reduce emissions in the city, protecting residents and the environment....

Electrical rate increases

Sep 26, 2023 / 10:42 am

Open letter to Penticton’s mayor and council You are currently considering major increases on our utilitiy rates (in Penticton). In this letter I am...

Will savings be passed on?

Sep 26, 2023 / 10:13 am

To increase the housing rental stock, the (federal) government has decided to drop the GST on rental builds (an encourage) provincial governments to drop the...

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