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November 12, 2024 - 12:00 PM
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the first week of November 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.
Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjones@infonews.ca.
Kamloops D-Day veteran, 104, reflects on wars past and present
Great story. Thank you for your service, John. — Bonnie Derry, via iNFOnews.ca
MAYOR VS. LAWYER: Kamloops hearing over allegedly unpaid legal bills to be sealed
How much is all these years of fighting, with a very odd mayor, costing the taxpayers of Kamloops and surrounding districts? The taxpayers should be informed. — Robert Bishop, via iNFOnews.ca
Where did all the Kamloops journalists go?
Great story. The federal government needs to tax Meta and funnel the money back to news organizations, as they are with Google. If they can ban TikTok, they can deal with Meta. —Bonnie Derry, via iNFOnews.ca
Letter to the Editor
"Well I left my job about 5 o'clock
It took 15 minutes to go three blocks"
- James Taylor, "Traffic Jam", 1977.
CBC TV's "The National", on Nov. 11, one news report discussed Orangeville, Ontario's free transit.
Orangeville, according to Canada 2021 Census population of 30,167, is testing this idea until 2027.
If the City of Kelowna and council were seriously interested in dealing with the ever growing traffic congestion and gridlock in Kelowna, they could start with making transit free for everyone.
City of Kelowna transportation planners estimate that in 2023, 480 million kilometres were driven on Kelowna's road network, and roughly one million kilometres were ridden on shared e-scooters and e-bikes, which represent about 0.5% of trips taken in Kelowna.
For context, the estimated share for taxis is 0.3%, personal bicycles are around 2.5% and transit is 3.5%
Beginning about 3 p.m. on any day of the week, if you have ever driven a vehicle from the City Hall area to Rutland Plaza 33 on any combination of roads and streets, how long did it take you?
What is Kelowna's traffic going to look like in even three years, if it's this bad now?
— David Buckna
iN RESPONSE to the newsletter editorial from Wednesday, Nov. 13
You hit the nail on the head with your opinion of John Horgan. I didn't agree with all of his ideas, but he really had the right idea when he did what he could to make BC a better place. Thanks for acknowledging his efforts! — Nel Sarrasin, via email
I thought that was very gracefully handled, from beginning to end. Thank you. — Linda Rightmire, via email
iN PHOTOS: Royal Canadian Air Force jets thunder over Kamloops
I love these fly-bys. Respect. — Deborah Podurgiel, via iNFOnews.ca
iN RESPONSE to the newsletter editorial from Friday, Nov. 15
My roommate and I are currently in Port Alberni, but I am an ex-Kamloopsian. We go around town and get free apples from the plethora of apple trees here. We pick a lot of them off the ground, bring them home and wash them.
We bought an apple corer that you push through the apple and it segments them at the same time. Then, one of us has a food chopper, manual with a pull string like a lawn mower or boat motor, and chomp them into bits. We fill a six quart crock pot to the very brim until it almost has a meniscus.
Then you add up to a cup of brown sugar if the apples are very tart, or less, if the apples are sweeter. Add large amounts of cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin spice, all the warm spices to the desired strength you personally want. I also add a third of a cup of apple cider vinegar.
You then put the crock pot on high for one hour. Then remove the lid, stir it up and leaving the lid off, cook for about 10 hours on high. You stir this mixture occasionally. When the mixture has shrunk somewhat and is quite dark brown, turn the crockpot off.
The next day, in batches, blend the apples in a good blender. Blend each batch until glossy smooth, and there you have it, a beautiful batch of apple butter. It’s great on toast, ice cream, pork or a spoon. Jar it up and store in the fridge, it lasts a long time and it makes an impressive gift. People love it.
— Helen Price, via email
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