Letters

Doug Ettinger, president and CEO of Canada Post, speaks at a press conference in 2022 announcing that Nanaimo’s Canada Post depot is the first in the country to boast an all-electric corporate delivery fleet. (Black Press Media photo)

When will electric postal vans come to Terrace?

Nanaimo now has 14, letter writer points out

Violent offenders not wanted

Businesses will pack up and leave town

Democracy endangered by lack of citizen interest

When no one cares, bad things can happen

Letter to the editor

Many times over the decades I have driven up to an intersection…

  • Mar 23, 2023
Todd Nelson and Christy Brown from the Nisga'a Nation arrive in support of the Unist'ot'en camp and Wet'suwet'en First Nation gather at a camp fire off a logging road near Houston, B.C., on Wednesday, January 9, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

LETTER: The Narwhal didn’t agree to media protocol at Wet’suwet’en camps, defends RCMP lawsuit

Photographer not asked to follow anti-pipeline camp media protocol, says editor

  • Mar 2, 2023
Todd Nelson and Christy Brown from the Nisga'a Nation arrive in support of the Unist'ot'en camp and Wet'suwet'en First Nation gather at a camp fire off a logging road near Houston, B.C., on Wednesday, January 9, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name, and your place of residence. Letters will be edited.

I paid thousands in dues but my union didn’t represent me

Where did all the money I paid my union go ? asks letter writer

  • Feb 27, 2023
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name, and your place of residence. Letters will be edited.
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name, and your place of residence. Letters will be edited.

A humane society supports its most vulnerable

Time to step up for seniors and people living with disabilities, says letter writer

  • Feb 26, 2023
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name, and your place of residence. Letters will be edited.
Diana Penner, president of the Skeena Valley Seniors Society outside the Happy Gang Centre in Terrace. (Binny Paul/Terrace Standard)

Skeena area seniors handicapped by lack of transport

Skeena Valley Seniors Society asks for better transport in open letter to officials

  • Feb 18, 2023
Diana Penner, president of the Skeena Valley Seniors Society outside the Happy Gang Centre in Terrace. (Binny Paul/Terrace Standard)
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name, and your place of residence. Letters will be edited.

Seniors should get waste collection discount

No answers on Thornhill garbage collection, says letter writer

  • Feb 15, 2023
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name, and your place of residence. Letters will be edited.
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name, and your place of residence. Letters will be edited.

Save money and lives by driving electric

Inflation and healthcare costs go hand-in-hand, says letter writer

  • Feb 15, 2023
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name, and your place of residence. Letters will be edited.
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name, and your place of residence. Letters will be edited.

Waste less pay less: Thornhill needs fee-for-service waste collection

We’re doing more than just ‘our part’, says letter writer

  • Feb 13, 2023
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name, and your place of residence. Letters will be edited.
Northern Escape Heli Skiing offers an exclusive package to super rich clients who spend the day skiing and are lodged at the Skeena River Ranch, also called the old Kozier farm, in Old Remo. (Submitted photo)

Farming disappears as exceptions made to land use rules

Heli-skiing business doesn’t belong in the heart of farm land, says letter writer

  • Feb 4, 2023
Northern Escape Heli Skiing offers an exclusive package to super rich clients who spend the day skiing and are lodged at the Skeena River Ranch, also called the old Kozier farm, in Old Remo. (Submitted photo)
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name, and your community of residence. Letters will be edited.

Public kept in the dark by regional district

RDKS should be transparent if they want people to vote, says letter writer

  • Feb 4, 2023
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name, and your community of residence. Letters will be edited.
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name, and your community of residence. Letters will be edited.

Is the regional district hiding something?

Why wasn’t an RDKS public hearing public ? letter writer asks

  • Feb 4, 2023
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name, and your community of residence. Letters will be edited.
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Even if it’s legal, selling pot harms society

Remove the drug market and those who represent it, says letter writer

  • Jan 30, 2023
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Martin Holzbauer with his recently purchased EV. (Staff photo) Martin Holzbauer with his recently purchased EV (staff photo). To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your full name and place of residence. Letters will be edited.

Electric vehicles: Let’s look at the facts and data

Letter writer compares battery electric vehicle with internal combustion engine

  • Jan 29, 2023
Martin Holzbauer with his recently purchased EV. (Staff photo) Martin Holzbauer with his recently purchased EV (staff photo). To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your full name and place of residence. Letters will be edited.
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your full name and your community of residence. Letters will be edited.

Signs needed to support Thornhill businesses

Letter writer says there’s a plan to divert traffic to Terrace

  • Jan 29, 2023
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your full name and your community of residence. Letters will be edited.
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name, and your city of residence. Letters will be edited.

‘High end heli-ski resort for the super rich’ threatens local farms

Proposed Old Remo heli-ski operation threatens local food security, says letter writer.

  • Jan 23, 2023
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name, and your city of residence. Letters will be edited.
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name or initials and a last name, and your city of residence. Letters will be edited.

‘Have a little class folks’: Reasons needed to justify Terrace tax increase

Public deserves to know where city managers are coming from, says letter writer

  • Jan 9, 2023
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name or initials and a last name, and your city of residence. Letters will be edited.
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name or initials and a last name, and your city of residence. Letters will be edited.

Terrace should be grateful for Christianity

Consider the chaos caused by atheistic regimes, says letter writer

  • Jan 3, 2023
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name or initials and a last name, and your city of residence. Letters will be edited.
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