Opinion

Here we go again. Water rates could be going up 20 per cent — outrageous and ridiculous. Do they think we have a money tree in the back yard. If we did, we would not be able to afford it at this rate, it would die from lack of water as we could not afford it. The average family cannot afford anymore hikes in water-power-telephone and groceries as well as gas, etc. The seniors even less as they are on fixed income and barely meet their expenses as it is and they do not even get any raises.

This letter is written in response to the editorial from Jan. 8, “IHA Soaks Water Users”. The medical health officers employed by Interior Health are responsible for ensuring the safety of drinking water within the IH region, including communities in the North Okanagan. As such, it is important to address the inaccuracies of the editorial and to explain IH’s role and the expectations for drinking water treatment.

When Marshall McLuhan first identified in the 1960s the possibility of a post-literate society in which a visual, individualistic print culture would be usurped by the aural and oral culture of electronic media, the Internet, high definition television and XBox weren’t even a gleam in futurists’ eyes.

Wayne Gretzky, he’s my hero. He’s great. He’s the worlds (sic) greatest hockey player. When he retired he was so good that now no player is allowed to wear number 99 by the way that’s his number.

There once was a young polar bear,

I am responding to the Jan. 9 article by Katherine Mortimer titled “Education in need of major overhaul.” I agree with Mr. Turanski’s worry about district budgets and the unpredictability of funding.

If nothing else, former solicitor general Kash Heed deserves credit for drawing attention to the negotiations between the provincial government and the RCMP for a new 20-year contract.

I would like to take exception to the recent behaviour of Mayor Kevin Acton and comments from Cliff Wedgewood.