Opinion

B.C.’s job market held steady in July, with unemployment at 7.3 per cent. The latest Statistics Canada job data were released as global financial markets teetered on the edge of another recession.

B.C. Green Party leader Jane Sterk clarifies her party's position on smart meters, and how it has changed in the past two years.

In a community which has grown increasingly fragmented in the last decade, an initiative to bring people together is a welcome plan.The Community Cultural Development Committee and the Summerland Chamber of Economic Development and Tourism will hold a Conversation Cafe, an informal community gathering, later this month.

Summerland officials are not the only ones wondering where in the Okanagan valley this prison will be located.The bigger issue is why Summerland City Council arbitrarily submitted Summerland as a potential site to build this facility without the consent from its citizens.

In late June I received, in the mail, the new yard waste pick-up schedule and the new regulations.It said the new container rule for yard waste started July 1. As I already had nine bags of yard waste ready to be picked up, I went to the municipal office and asked if there would be a one pick-up “grace period.”

last week I came across an article about Summerland drivers.This article talked about how bad some drivers are and how some neglect speed limits and other rules of the road.

The election of Elizabeth May as Canada’s first-ever Green Party MP was supposed to be a breakthrough for environmental issues. Too bad she blew it.

It has taken many years but the municipality now has a new zoning bylaw ready for council’s consideration.This document, which governs lot sizes, building dimensions and other details, is one of the community’s most important pieces of legislation.

If you were born in Canada or lucky enough to immigrate to Canada, you have won the lottery. We have it all.However if fate had you born in East Africa you could be one of those people starving. They have lost everything.

The prison has brought up a lot of debate in the past few months and most of the complaints against it are uneducated opinions.Some say crime rates will go up. I am downright baffled at this comment. Those who have made these comments in the previous newspapers are just downright confused citizens.