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LETTERS: Don’t let growing pains stop the parklet

LETTERS: Don’t let growing pains stop the parklet

Dear Editor The first public parklet was introduced in San Francisco in 2010 and they now have more than 50. Being the leaders in this area, they have a fabulous website called Pavement to Parks, www.pavementtoparks.
LETTERS: No ‘Great Divide’ in provincial politics

LETTERS: No ‘Great Divide’ in provincial politics

Dear Editor, Re: The Great Divide in B.C. politics? Inbox, Record , Oct. 6. Keith Baldrey may have been talking about apples and oranges, but it’s disingenuous to compare them in this case.
OUR VIEW: Ageism – there’s no way of escaping it

OUR VIEW: Ageism – there’s no way of escaping it

There are a lot of things the very young and the very old have in common. When you’re very young, people older than you think it’s OK to comment on how smart you are for your age. How you can walk so well at such a young age.
LETTERS: It’s past time for a new electoral system

LETTERS: It’s past time for a new electoral system

Dear Editor, It’s been a year since the longest federal election campaign in modern Canadian history, and many campaign promises are slowly taking shape.
OPINION: The Great Divide in B.C. politics

OPINION: The Great Divide in B.C. politics

The recent gathering of provincial politicians - mostly municipal, but also provincial and some federal - in the capital provided ample evidence of the Great Divide that is deepening in this province.
OUR VIEW: Sexism taken for granted unless it’s ‘huge’

OUR VIEW: Sexism taken for granted unless it’s ‘huge’

This dates us, but the Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, presidential debate on Monday reminds us of the Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs tennis match in 1973.
Dear Mr. Trump: Letter of thanks from a Canadian feminist

Dear Mr. Trump: Letter of thanks from a Canadian feminist

Dear Mr. Trump: Today I must extend my personal thanks to you. Yes, you read that right.
LETTERS: Save Canada Post

LETTERS: Save Canada Post

Dear Editor I have no regular Internet connection. I prefer regular postal delivery. I don’t do any personal business online or I don’t deal with them. Save our postal system and supplement it to expand services. Allan Quon, New Westminster
LETTERS: ‘Hunger tax’ not the solution to inequality

LETTERS: ‘Hunger tax’ not the solution to inequality

Dear Editor Re: It’s time for a ‘food bank tax’ in Canada, Our View, the Record , Sept. 22. I have supported the food bank for most of my working life. I am now in a position that I can and do generously support it.
OUR VIEW: If we weren’t so nice, we’d be gloating

OUR VIEW: If we weren’t so nice, we’d be gloating

It’s been a week of spectacle on both sides of the 49th parallel – and that spectacle has gone a long way to driving home the differences in the two countries that share our long and undefended border.