Opinion

Wireless water meter in my home. I voiced my concern with the District of Sparwood.

This week there are a couple of farewells to be made to very important people in town of Fernie.

We are the immigrant nation and we are not worthy of the glory and grandeur that surrounds us.

After meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Premier Christy Clark delivered a luncheon speech to the Economic Club of Toronto. Her big talking point was the rise of the Asia-Pacific region.

The Sparwood and District Chamber of Commerce would like to take this opportunity to clarify the statements that were made in March 2011 as they relate to the employment of Michael Decker and as reported by The Free Press.

Over the past few weeks, many of you have come in to discuss with me the pro’s and con’s of the harmonized sales tax. The experience has been positive. I thank you and I urge everyone to get accurate information either from my office or from the website hstinbc.ca.

Let’s assume that when everyone in B.C. gets to be finance minister for a day, a majority choose to throw a $3-billion chair through the office window to show how mad they are about the harmonized sales tax. The cleanup will take two years, but first there will be a provincial election to decide who holds the broom and dustpan. And the choices are becoming clear.

There has always been some confusion about the title of our newspaper and how ‘free’ doesn’t mean ‘free.’

Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett has recently been urging his constituents to access an HST website claiming that it is part of ‘public information campaign which shares both sides of the issue’.

I would like to share with you some thoughts from the community. As I realize your reporters are reporting on things that are brought up at a city council meeting of which most community members do not attend.