What’s it like to live in a Tiny house?
by RUSS PURVIS Dome Creek, B.C. The tiny home trend in the larger economy appears to be driven by the cost of land and the house itself. Does anyone in McBride, or soon to live […]
Letters
Crystal Ridge
Dear Editor, We had an amazing day at Crystal Ridge on Friday, Jan. 27. The runs are amazing to say the least, and the quick, easy access makes it that much better! We were surprised […]
Oil interest only for profit
Dear Editor, While I am not free of carbon footprint hypocrisies, I do consider my decisions in this regard and feel very free to voice opposition to diluted bitumen pipelines and the hypocrisies of others, […]
Red-listed caribou
Dear Editor, There is an error that needs correction in your otherwise excellent article on snowmobile closures in the Robson and North Thompson Valleys, “Conservation to increase backcountry presence.” These animals are ‘red-listed’, rather than […]
No questions posed to Christmas thieves
Dear Editor, Recently someone, in their infinite wisdom, made a very hurtful decision. Whoever this person was decided it would be a good idea to steal an outdoor Christmas Angel on display in my friend’s […]
Pilgrim on a journey
Thanksgiving 2016 has come and gone in both the U.S. and Canada; however, five years ago around Thanksgiving 2011 I was diagnosed as having advanced testicular cancer. At first the prognosis wasn’t great, as I […]
Build Valemount up from within
Dear Mayor and Council of the Village of Valemount, With so much potential for change on the horizon, wide array of opinions regarding community development and speculation through a lens on the mountains, I am […]
Manufacturing tax change
Dear Editor, It is time to tax productivity by robot like we do labour. I have been trying to articulate a concept not too complex, but some of my peers do not seem to fully […]
Advice for McBride
Dear Editor, Did you know that each one of you [living in McBride] (men, women and children) spent $1,000 on something you will never see or get any benefit from? That’s right. A $215,000 culvert […]
Best forest practices?
I have to wonder about some of the recent letters to the Editor. Seems like people just don’t understand that the trouble we are in stems from past management. Brian Monroe was criticized for bringing […]
Carbon taxes falling, except here
Forget NAFTA, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the softwood lumber agreement. The first Canada-US deal has already been shredded in the post-Obama era, but its death has nothing to do with Donald Trump. No, it was […]