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LETTERS: Stranger’s kindness brightened her day

LETTERS: Stranger’s kindness brightened her day

Dear Editor: I was at the checkout at London Drugs following a visit to the retinal specialist at Sixth Street in New Westminster, where I found I had left my wallet at home.
OPINION: Would proportional representation mean the rise of the fringe right?

OPINION: Would proportional representation mean the rise of the fringe right?

The NDP seems hell-bent on ensuring B.C. won’t see the kind of government headed up in the past by such party premiers as Dave Barrett, Mike Harcourt and Glen Clark ever again.
LETTERS: New West Record owes teachers an apology

LETTERS: New West Record owes teachers an apology

Dear Editor: I would like to set the Record straight regarding a recklessly misleading headline that, intentionally or not, maligns the New Westminster School District and our teachers.
OUR VIEW: Kudos for those who speak truth to power

OUR VIEW: Kudos for those who speak truth to power

There are a couple of ways to view New Westminster’s decision to look into the possibility of creating a diversity mandate for city committees (see story page 3). One could ask why the heck this hasn’t been done earlier.
LETTERS: Time change has to go

LETTERS: Time change has to go

Dear Editor: I note with approval your ‘Our View: It’s way past time to ditch this routine’ (the Record , Nov. 16). The one caveat I would propose is that if we ditch time changes bi-annually, we stay on daylight saving time.
LETTERS: May Day is a proud tradition

LETTERS: May Day is a proud tradition

I am currently living in Asia, but spent the first 24 years of my life as a proud resident of New Westminster and return there regularly to visit my parents.
OPINION: This budding bromance may require cash

OPINION: This budding bromance may require cash

The federal government had a fairly large presence in B.C. last week, and no doubt Premier John Horgan hopes he sees many more visits from his federal counterparts, especially if they bring large bags of cash.
LETTERS: Payette deserves thanks

LETTERS: Payette deserves thanks

Dear Editor: An open letter to Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada: While not a supporter of Canada’s connection to English royalty, I wish to express my great satisfaction in having a rational, science-affirming, woo-rejecting person in the po
LETTERS: Where did reason go?

LETTERS: Where did reason go?

Dear Editor: I was intrigued and pleased to read about “reasonable heritage” at work in the“Six-storey plan for eatery site” in the Oct. 26 edition of the Record for the former La Rustica and La Spaghetteria site.
LETTERS: Fix our downtown now

LETTERS: Fix our downtown now

Dear Editor: What the ---- is happening to our city? The other night I drove down Columbia, and it looked so pretty, but I thought, “There is nothing here.