Letters

Maribeth Friesen is Alzheimer Society of B.C.'s manager of regional services for the North and Central Okanagan

Alzheimer’s awareness needed year-round

Society thanks Okanagan residents for helping to change the conversation

Maribeth Friesen is Alzheimer Society of B.C.'s manager of regional services for the North and Central Okanagan
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LETTER: B.C. should lift COVID-19 mandates

Okanagan chambers applauded for opposing mandates

  • Mar 9, 2022
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The last Santa parade held in Penticton was 2019. (Brennan Phillips file photo)

Letter: Penticton needs a committee for Christmas cheer

City should bring back family-friendly holiday events to a community that needs it

  • Dec 12, 2021
The last Santa parade held in Penticton was 2019. (Brennan Phillips file photo)
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LETTER: Show care by not buying non-essentials and holiday gift items

Distribution of basic necessities is important this year

  • Dec 9, 2021
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Santa Parade in downtown Penticton in 2019, the last time the city hosted the popular Christmas parade. (Brennan Phillips Western News)

Letter: The council who stole Christmas in Penticton

Resident pens poem in jest about “King and council of royal bike lanes” who cancelled Santa parade

  • Dec 2, 2021
Santa Parade in downtown Penticton in 2019, the last time the city hosted the popular Christmas parade. (Brennan Phillips Western News)
November is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. (Pixabay)

Vernon university women’s group advocates for change

Women and men urged to attend presentation on eradicating violence against women

November is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. (Pixabay)
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LETTER: More B.C. land must be protected

25% of province’s land base must be protected by 2025

  • Nov 24, 2021
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Bad Tattoo owner Lee Agur stepped down in September after coming out in refusing to check vaccine passports at his Penticton brewery. (Google Maps)

Letter: Penticton Chamber faces criticism for choice in Business Leader of the Year Award

Bad Tattoo owner Lee Agur won the prestigious award after thumbing nose at vaccine mandates

  • Nov 21, 2021
Bad Tattoo owner Lee Agur stepped down in September after coming out in refusing to check vaccine passports at his Penticton brewery. (Google Maps)
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95 % of B.C. considered unceded lands

To the editor; It’s time to have an open and honest discussion…

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LETTER: Efforts needed to deal with natural disasters

Federal government should spend money on search and rescue efforts

  • Nov 17, 2021
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A neighbour of a Penticton senior said the person fell coming out of the Vees game Nov. 10 and allegedly waited 1.5 hours for an ambulance. (Black Press file photo)

Letter: Senior who fell at Penticton Vees game waits 1.5 hours for ambulance

The person in their 80s had to lie on the cold ground with a broken hip

  • Nov 16, 2021
A neighbour of a Penticton senior said the person fell coming out of the Vees game Nov. 10 and allegedly waited 1.5 hours for an ambulance. (Black Press file photo)
HMCS Kitchener.  (Contributed)

LETTER: Remembering the forgotten

A salute to all Vernon seamen who went lost at sea

  • Nov 11, 2021
HMCS Kitchener.  (Contributed)
Memorial Arena is deemed too old to keep. A plan is demolish it and create a twin rink facility in the SOEC area. (Brennan Phillips Western News)

Letter: Time for RDOS taxpayers to help fund Penticton services

RDOS residents use Penticton facilities and services but don’t pay the taxes to support them

  • Oct 7, 2021
Memorial Arena is deemed too old to keep. A plan is demolish it and create a twin rink facility in the SOEC area. (Brennan Phillips Western News)
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)
Sixty riders turned out the Rex Gill and Mike Courtney Memorial Ride on Sept. 25, with thousands raised for charities close to Rex's heart. (Submitted)

Letter: Mom of Penticton’s Rex Gill thanks everyone for huge turnout to memorial ride

‘I am sure Rex and Mike were watching from above and smiling down on us’

  • Sep 30, 2021
Sixty riders turned out the Rex Gill and Mike Courtney Memorial Ride on Sept. 25, with thousands raised for charities close to Rex's heart. (Submitted)
This lone pelican popped into Penticton for a visit last week. (Robert Emms photo)

Letter: Rare birds flock to South Okanagan

From Trumpeter swans and pelicans to sandhill cranes, a sighting is always fun

  • Sep 27, 2021
This lone pelican popped into Penticton for a visit last week. (Robert Emms photo)
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LETTER: Reforms to voting system are needed

More people voted for Conservatives than for Liberals

  • Sep 22, 2021
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LETTER: Pride must be restored to nursing profession

Former nurse has concerns about present image of nursing

  • Sep 22, 2021
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Sarah Eves has already stated she would like a ban on election signs. (File photo)

Letter: Liberal candidate says election signs have been vandalized and stolen

One supporter refused to take sign out of fear of intimidation

Sarah Eves has already stated she would like a ban on election signs. (File photo)
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LETTER: Retailers not to blame for self checkouts

Increased minimum wage, higher taxes affect businesses

  • Aug 19, 2021
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