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LETTERS: Time to fix the city’s ‘dismal’ sidewalks

LETTERS: Time to fix the city’s ‘dismal’ sidewalks

Dear Editor Re: Councillor wants to curb speeds on New West streets, The Record , Feb. 25. I applaud Councillor Patrick Johnstone for wanting to make the streets safer for pedestrians by lowering the speed limit.
LETTERS: Time to stop ignoring the needs of NWSS

LETTERS: Time to stop ignoring the needs of NWSS

Dear Editor It seems after 50 years plus of subsidizing many programs of choice, neighbourhood schools and younger students, School District No.
LETTERS: ‘Sad’ to see MP vote against federal decision on Israel

LETTERS: ‘Sad’ to see MP vote against federal decision on Israel

Dear Editor It is very sad to see that on Monday, Feb.
OPINION: Pipeline politics makes strange bedfellows

OPINION: Pipeline politics makes strange bedfellows

The B.C. government released its wish list for what it calls "green infrastructure proposals" last week, in the hopes of garnering the attention of a federal government ready to spend billions of dollars on such projects.
LETTERS: City needs to act on parking shortage

LETTERS: City needs to act on parking shortage

Dear Editor My nine-year-old granddaughters summed it up quite nicely when they said, “Gramma, don’t they know we need more parking, not less. The poor people at the Quay and River Market have no place to park now.
LETTERS: Don’t change speed limits – enforce them

LETTERS: Don’t change speed limits – enforce them

Dear Editor Re: Councillor wants to curb speeds on New West streets, the Record , Feb. 25. You don’t need to reduce the speed limit on city streets to improve safety; just enforce the ones we already have.
LETTERS: Lowering speed limits won’t make us safer

LETTERS: Lowering speed limits won’t make us safer

Dear Editor Re: Councillor wants to curb speeds on New West streets, the Record , Feb. 25. Let’s get real, Patrick. Drivers don’t care about speed limits – they ignore them now, so how will lowering speeds change that? Curb speed limits – no.
OUR VIEW: Everybody has run out of patience

OUR VIEW: Everybody has run out of patience

The year was 2004 in our fair city. The Royal City Record headline reads: School deal is struck: New secondary school can be built if city and province work together and get $10.
OPINION: Are millennials getting shafted again?

OPINION: Are millennials getting shafted again?

One of the more provocative reactions to the B.C.
OUR VIEW: Wear pink or pass on some kindness

OUR VIEW: Wear pink or pass on some kindness

Call it bullying, call it harassment, call it oppression and discrimination, call it treating each other badly – whatever you want to call it the world needs a lot less of it.