Cougar closes trails
Making progress on racism
Change mountain's name?
Street party arrests, injuries 
Aid cut criticized 
Hunka treated unfairly?
UN to vote on Haiti
Nightclub fire kills 13
Shutdown averted
iPhone 15 fix on way
Streaming threshold set
BC firm buys Letterboxd
Rockets hit win column
Warriors singe Smokies
Blazers shut out by Silvertips
Ne-Yo declares paternity
Rent Princess Di's home
'PAW Patrol' top dog 
Letters
Fix Highway 97 first
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
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
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
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'
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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?
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...
