Letters

Giving rail corridor land back to the Snaw-Naw-As First Nation is not about reconciliation, it’s about finding an excuse to not fund this needed infrastructure, says letter writer. (News Bulletin file photo)

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Returning tracks is just an excuse not to fund rail

Decision on rail inconsistent with government’s actions on natural resources, says letter writer

  • Mar 25, 2023
St. Patrick’s Day is Friday, March 17. (Stock photo)

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: St. Patrick’s Day recalls heritage, holds meaning

Letter writer tells of her mother’s immigration to Canada

  • Mar 16, 2023
Electrified light rail would bring Island transportation into the 21st century, says letter writer. (News Bulletin file photo)

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Nothing less than modern rail is worth doing

Transportation projects in other areas receive support from province and feds, notes letter writer

  • Feb 18, 2023
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Oil giants profit as governments fail to address climate crisis

Canadian government continues to lavish tax breaks and subsidies on oil and gas, says letter writer

  • Feb 12, 2023
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Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. (News Bulletin file photo)

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Some forms of health care are more universal than others

Canadians lose out as Big Pharma rakes in profits, says letter writer

  • Jan 28, 2023
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. (News Bulletin file photo)
Resurrecting Island rail service would check many socio-economic boxes and would relieve pressure resulting from municipal densification, says letter writer. (News Bulletin file photo)

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Resurrecting rail would make travel more accessible and equitable

Rail as a means of transport ticks a lot of socioeconomic boxes, says letter writer

  • Jan 14, 2023
Resurrecting Island rail service would check many socio-economic boxes and would relieve pressure resulting from municipal densification, says letter writer. (News Bulletin file photo)
Our money might lose its value, but we can invest in nurturing relationships with family, friends and neighbours, says letter writer. (Stock photo)

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: One asset, above all others, retains its value forever

Letter writer wishes readers merry Christmas

  • Dec 25, 2022
Our money might lose its value, but we can invest in nurturing relationships with family, friends and neighbours, says letter writer. (Stock photo)
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Families entangled in crises of addictions and mental health

Government should spend resources opening and staffing institutions, says letter writer

  • Nov 6, 2022
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Letters to the editor.

LETTER – BC Liberals and the federal Conservatives share contempt for democracy

Dear editor, The BC Liberals and the federal Conservatives have something in…

  • Sep 8, 2022
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Lynda Riordan, Sherrie Jamison and Brenda from the Ladysmith Rotary Club picking up trash on the first annual Rotary Earth Day. (Gerry Beltgens photo)

LETTER: First annual Rotary Earth Day celebration a success in Ladysmith

Community pitches in to pick up trash

  • Apr 26, 2022
Lynda Riordan, Sherrie Jamison and Brenda from the Ladysmith Rotary Club picking up trash on the first annual Rotary Earth Day. (Gerry Beltgens photo)
Herring fishery. Photo, Simon Ager

LETTER – Fishery restrictions not strict enough to protect herring in the Strait of Georgia

Dear editor, I will start with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans…

  • Jan 12, 2022
Herring fishery. Photo, Simon Ager
(Black Press file photo)
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NE Tolt Hill Road closed due to flooding. File photo by Conor Wilson/Valley Record.

LETTER: Alternate transportation needed to combat road closures

I’m sure everyone who was stuck because the Island Highway was closed…

NE Tolt Hill Road closed due to flooding. File photo by Conor Wilson/Valley Record.
(Black Press file photo)

LETTER: Be careful what you wish for when it comes to logging

Let us protest logging and save the world. I have no doubt…

  • Oct 23, 2021
(Black Press file photo)
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LETTER: Everything but the kitchen sink in media

Re: journalists editorial As a broadcast journalist, writer, producer, foreign correspondent for…

Email editor@ladysmithchronicle.com
The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has announced improvements to the intersection at South Davis Road and the Trans-Canada Highway in Ladysmith. (Ministry of Transportation and Infastructre graphic)

LETTER: South Davis Road “upgrades” disappointing

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure’s (MOTI) definition of upgrade must be…

  • Oct 21, 2021
The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has announced improvements to the intersection at South Davis Road and the Trans-Canada Highway in Ladysmith. (Ministry of Transportation and Infastructre graphic)
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LETTER: Leadership in short supply in Ladysmith

‘Council hasn’t even discussed whether town employees should be vaccinated,’ says letter writer

  • Oct 14, 2021
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LETTER: Time to transition from fossil fuels

The vast majority of fossil fuel workers in Canada want the government…

  • Oct 12, 2021
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(Photo by Josh Piercey/Revelstoke Review)

LETTER: This is what students learn about truth and reconciliation

‘Older generations were never taught these things’

  • Oct 5, 2021
(Photo by Josh Piercey/Revelstoke Review)
Logging trucks from around the province arrive at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in downtown Vancouver to protest forest industry job loss, Sept. 27, 2019. (Kat Slepian/Black Press Media)

LETTER: Embattled B.C. forest industry needs government leadership

Industry getting attention ‘for all the wrong reasons’

  • Oct 5, 2021
Logging trucks from around the province arrive at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in downtown Vancouver to protest forest industry job loss, Sept. 27, 2019. (Kat Slepian/Black Press Media)