To the Editor

To the Editor;
Re: “This is my last letter to The Capital”; May 10, 2017.
Quote: “When the going gets tough, the tough gets going”.
I certainly hope that the author continues writing letters to the paper.
Why? Without our right to free speech and access to a free press, we would not be free.
Only by being vocal about our concerns and by voting, can we protect our democracy. However, saying that, we must be careful not to advocate violence, not advocate the violent overthrow of

To the Editor,
May 15th marked the 69th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, which means “catastrophe.”
The 1948 founding of Israel as a “Jewish State” was preceded and accompanied by a massive ethnic cleansing operation to remove as many of the Muslim and Christian inhabitants as possible.
During Israel’s “war of independence,” over 750,000 Palestinians were driven from their homes, never to be allowed to return. Hundreds of towns were razed; villagers we

To the Editor;
What an incredible job you, Tim, and your wife Terry did to organize the wonderful fundraiser for the Seniors Outreach Program.
Thank you so, so much, not only from me, being a senior, but from all the other seniors in this community.
It was just grand to see, not only the number of people who donated auction items, but how many people bid on the Decadent Cake/Pie Auction, the other live auction items and the many silent auction items. Jon Radcliffe sure knows how to get bidders invo

Dear Editor;

You recently published a letter on April 26th (from Saskatchewan) that warned us not to get involved in places like Ukraine and Syria. While the writer’s view was interesting, she used her opinions as though they were facts to support her case. She called Ukraine “Nazi supporters” and ignored the repeated Russian aggression that created the problem in the first place. The same thing happened with her Syria view where she ignored Assad’s violent suppression of