Try standing up for our seniors
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Dear Editor:
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With all this hoopla over so many provincial issues, not once did I hear anything about helping seniors with pensions.
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With rent, services, food, etc., the $1,400 to $2,000 per month does not cover this, especially for single seniors.
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I hope someone stands up for us.
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Steve Daniels,听Osoyoos
Process needs major overhaul
Process needs major overhaul
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Dear Editor:
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For the public, when police officers choose to lie about an incident, there will be no justice for the complainant because the investigation is skewed towards the police. 听
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Yes, you can take your complaint before the 鈥淐ivilian Review and Complaints Commission,鈥 but that will be a waste of time because the CRCC sends the complaint back to the RCMP to investigate itself. The CRCC does not have its own investigators and relies on the investigative competence of the RCMP investigators and then relies on the information submitted as true and unbiased reporting. 听
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It does not matter if you have two civilians refuting the submission as lies, the RCMP will close ranks and support their fellow officers. Under these circumstances, how do you expect justice? 听
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The RCMP has a deplorable method of investigating and record keeping which is slipshod at best and uses that excuse citing that there is no record and no evidence. A person cannot fight the lack of evidence when the information given is not collected and filed.听 All complaints will be denied due to lack of evidence. It is hard to maintain confidence in the RCMP when you find that this is the way they operate. 听
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The public needs to be aware and vigilant about how their file folder is maintained and should ask to be shown proof that the information has made it into their file for future reference.
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May Taniwa,听Westbank
Now fearful of United States
Now fearful of United States
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Dear Editor:
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After reading reports about Trumpsa国际传媒 Madison Square Garden event I feel very uneasy about the future of the American experiment.
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If Trump wins the United States will turn into a fascist dictatorship which will be a disaster for the world.
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If he loses, with his supporters so riled up and aggrieved, there will be a second civil war and the right is much better prepared than the left.
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In either case Canada is in a very precarious position. I hope I鈥檓 wrong, but I fear the United States may have passed the tipping point where a peaceful
future is no longer possible.
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S. I. Petersen,听Nanaimo
MLAs need to work together
MLAs need to work together
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So we, the people of sa国际传媒, have voted, a possible minority government because there is no party that has proven to be able to solve the worldsa国际传媒 problems.听 World?
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Drug problems are everywhere.
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Homelessness is everywhere.
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Food prices 鈥 up. Some universities are setting up food banks for their students.
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Look at Alberta, the Lower Mainland and the States - rents are going up everywhere.
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House prices are out of reach for many hardworking people. Developers are known to up the prices to secure the available homes.
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No one seems to be building modest homes for modest incomes.
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The decriminalizing of drugs did not work. We in sa国际传媒 tried it, and it did not work, but we would not know that, if we had not tried it.
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Now, maybe someone on the other-side-of the-aisle could suggest another experiment.
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Mandatory incarceration for treatment is a violation of rights. Try again!
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The Conservative party has said they are going to waste more of our taxpayers money and fight every single idea proposed by the NDP so they can blow our money on another election to try to take power.
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John Rustad wants to 鈥渇ight, fight, fight,鈥 -- not work, work, work.
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He also wants to waste money by suing 听medical people that dealt with COVID.听 The medical people in Canada and sa国际传媒 were following international suggestions and according to European and Chinese shut-ins, we had it easy.
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Remember it was Donald Trump who rushed the vaccine.
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The people of sa国际传媒 have said, 听鈥渨ork together -- inspire each other with your brilliance and solve the worldsa国际传媒 problems鈥.
When I have had jobs in the past, I had to work with and tolerate the good, the bad, the ugly and the hopeless.
I worked for an almost minimum wage. I desperately needed a paycheque. We had bills to pay, children to raise, a sick dog, a sick cat and our last home in another sa国际传媒 city did not sell for four years. I could not quit or tell off my boss, I had to suck it up, put on my big-girl-winter-boots and get outside and pump that gas come rain, snow, 30 below or 100 degree heat on the tarmac.
In school we had to line up and be silent. A teacher with a yard long pointer with a hard rubber tip, would 鈥榃homp鈥 a talking child - on the head.
We, the taxpayers, are the boss, and we say, 鈥淪it down, shut up and listen to each other 听 instead of heckling like morons. Work together!
Jane R. Turnell,听Penticton
Inquiring minds want to know
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Dear Editor:
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Is David Eby involved in the foreign interference scandal? Prime Minister Justin Trudeau refuses to release the names.
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British Columbians -- and all Canadians for that matter -- have the right to know. If so, we should have known before the recent provincial election!
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Greg Snider,听Creston
Trump, Vance hit a new low
Trump, Vance hit a new low
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Dear Editor:
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Since when has racism been funny - never!
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The racist statements, not jokes, from Trumpsa国际传媒 rally at Madison Square Garden set a standard so low that no politician could recover from it you would think, but the Trump campaign is trying to.
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Trumpsa国际传媒 running mate, Sen. JD Vance has said 鈥渟top getting so offended.鈥 but racism is offensive. Would he say the same about violence at schools?
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鈥淚鈥檓 just 鈥 I鈥檓 so over it,鈥 Vance stated but hopefully so are the undecided middle ground who don鈥檛 support racism and realize that a positive path is the best option.
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Look for the best and most positive leader for your country not themselves.
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Dennis Fitzgerald,听Melbourne, Australia
He survived then refused help
He survived then refused help
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Two police cars, six officers, one ambulance with two attendants, one semi-conscious male, the scenario on the street across from a seniors residence took about 45 minutes to resolve. The man was able to struggle to his feet, the police and 911 responders offered assistance. The man refused the ambulance.
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He got to his feet and walked away. Everyone patiently tried to assist him.
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They conferred, and all left. The man is now sitting with his backpack, on the sidewalk at the corner of a building.
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He seems to have survived, this time.
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Judith Hodgson,听Victoria
NDP need to ask what went wrong
NDP need to ask what went wrong
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Urban progressives need to pay more attention to public safety.
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As a lifelong NDP supporter I hope we have the critical self-reflection to 颅understand how we lost touch with the suburban working class and resource dependent rural communities.
There are several reasons for this, but public safety is top of the list.
Folks outside our bubble don鈥檛 appreciate our permissive approach to public order and drug use or the anti-police rhetoric we have embraced.
Statements by NDP candidates that cast hunters and sport shooters with 颅concerns about firearms laws as 颅femicidal maniacs feed into the disconnect.
How does this land with rural people when we target them and their relatives who hunt while our provincially administered justice system practises catch and release policing and facilitates hard drug use?
It destroys our credibility.
David Eby and the NDP need to continue to reject the dead ends on offer from the anti-police fringe elements of the party.
Conservative voters are not just a bunch of closet fascists worthy of our derision. Many are scared for their families鈥 safety, and that trumps almost all other issues.
Sasha Kvakic,听Victoria
