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The City of Kelowna can either follow its own water restrictions to the letter or it has no right to expect the same of residents (and is acting as a hypocrite). City park, flower baskets and the tourist areas are not magically special simply because they look nice and bring in tourist income for...
Re. Vance weighs in on Jivani trade advocacy and how Carney tried to 'out-tough' Trump (Castanet, Aug. 20) (U.S. Vice-President) JD Vance said that about Carney? I don't believe a word he says. A long time ago, he attacked a group of peace-loving immigrants in Springfield, Ohio and claimed the...
Re: Aeron James' letter Need more than photo ops (Castanet, Aug 14) (The letter writer) letter implies a classic political false choice-that a premier's presence during a crisis somehow impedes frontline operations. Lumping government communications officers together with frontline logis...
Re. Traffic changes questioned (Castanet, Aug. 20) It is about time someone on Penticton city council asked to review and restore the roads with bike lanes .. Those roads have become dangerous and there are not enough bike riders to justify the bike lanes. Coun. Jason Reynan has my vote. Th...
Re. Duane Arthur's letter 'Stop Blaming Fossil Fuels' (Castanet, Aug. 18) (In the letter), are two distinct arguments being made-we cannot stop using fossil fuels and we shouldn't try because the letter writer rejects climate science. While fossil fuels remain useful and won't vanish ove...
During mass evacuations, the RCMP, search and rescue and fire departments do everything they can to quickly get (people) mobilized and headed towards safety. How efficient are those evacuations? Can simple changes decrease the time it takes to evacuate an area? Municipalities pay tens of thous...
Re. American booze back on Canadian liquor store shelves Our prime minister has asked Canadian stores to re-stock their shelves with American alcohol but that doesn't mean Canadians will buy it-as they aren't buying it now. It will, however, placate (U.S. President Donald Trump) because ...
Re. Landon Bradshaw's letter, Fossil fuels are 'tools' (Castanet, Aug. 19 ) Landon Bradshaw wrote one of the most intelligent, studied responses in reply to pro-oil letters to Castanet I have seen in a long time. Plastics, for example, are going to be with us for a long time and require oil i...
Reading today that our friend Wayne Moore is retiring brought back a lot of memories, but one in particular. In August of 2003, during the Okanagan Mountain Park Fire, Wayne showed up at SILK-FM wanting to help. I was a wet-behind-the-ears program director at the time and, if memory serves me cor...
