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Share our green gifts
Editor: Believe it or not, although BC generates over 90% of its energy through renewable hydroelectric sources, dirty energy is still very much a part of our homes’ and offices’ energy consumption. This is because BC shares its electrical grid, the Western Interconnection, with much of the coal-burning Western USA--all the way down to California.
Resignation of Premier Editor: I breathed a sigh of relief hearing Campbell’s resignation as Premier. His attitue towards us folk last spring at the Hudson’s Hope airport on his visit to announce the next Site C Dam process, when Stage 2 was a governmental farce was appauling. The same applies to the “Paddle to the Premier” event in Victoria in mid-September. He then realized he should apologize to First Nations people for not turning out and came to Fort St. John and to the Treaty 8 building two weeks ago now. Was he too stupid to realize residents of the Peace River Valley were also in attendance in Victoria along with many other anti Site C Dam objectors. No apologizes for not turning out to them. He was fast becoming a dictator to all British Columbians and a traitor also to the First Nations. Nick Parsons, Farmington, BC
November 11, 2010
FEEDBACK BC is not only making bold moves toward relying more and more on green energy like wind and run-ofriver but is also one of the cleanest energy producers in North America. And yet the dirty energy produced by the US is running through our part of the grid as well as theirs -- the grid does not, after all, know how the energy flowing freely through its veins was produced. Our energy future is very closely tied to the USA’s.
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And if the USA is not taking sufficient action to lessen its dependence on greenhouse gas emitting sources of energy then let’s help them out by sharing our green gifts with them. This would not only be a great potential source of revenue for BC but also a way of ensuring our care for the planet does not end at BC’s borders. Jesse McClinton Victoria, BC
Time to remember those who served for us Editor: This is my dad – he was a Regimental Police Officer, rode an Indian motorcycle and part of his job was taking dispatches to the front lines – dangerous job as the Germans wanted to prevent orders from arriving at the front so would shoot motorcyclists if they could. He served with the Algonquin Regiment from 1939-45 in the European Theatre – mainly France, Belgium and during the liberation of Holland – also in Germany. I just returned from Europe where we toured the battlefields from Vimy Ridge to Juno Beach and many places my dad had been in France and Belgium. We had two vets on our all-Canadian tour. Both were flying
officers who had been shot down and became POWs – we all felt honoured to have them with us and as they said – all gave some – some gave all. Rosolynn Kalb Fort St. John, BC
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