Opinion

Hearing that Nelson Hydro is hiking rates by 9.6 per cent is upsetting. Knowing it’s going to cost more to turn on the lights, fire up the computer, and cook the dinner is never easy.

This letter is intended to fill the gap concerning the publicity about the upcoming Jumbo Wild rally on Saturday.

Today my monthly OAS and CPP payments were deposited in my bank account and I noted happily that there has been an increase of $2.61 in one and $14.28 in the other giving me a total of $202.68 additional to spend during 2011.

Well, isn’t that grand? The B.C. Liberal government has chosen its own “impartial” group of four experts to advise it on the merits of the Harper Sales Tax (HST). Does anyone doubt the outcome of this government appointed panel?

Re: “Driven to the edge by beeps,” January 19

I was appalled to see your placement of an “obituary” for someone’s dog placed on the page with the other obituaries in your paper of January 19.

Re: “Beeps mean safer streets,” January 26

By the end of January, it can be a bit stale to say happy new year. Greetings, for the most part, have moved on to the regular hello, how’s it going and hi. But I haven’t had a chance to wish all you Nelson Star readers a happy new year, so let me take this space to say “All the best in 2011!”

The annual taxpayer squeeze is on. Otherwise known as city budget time, city departments and services have been sharpening their pencils in an effort to determine how to best deliver over the next 12 months.

The timing was bizarre, yet fitting for a member of the Sandwich Generation.