Opinion

Dear Editor I am astonished at the results of the polling for the question, “Should spanking children be illegal?” Hitting anyone of any age is assault, so I cannot believe that you claim 81 per cent believe spanking should be anything other than ill

Dear Editor “Without tradition, life is as shaky as a fiddler on the roof.” Tevya Traditions are customs passed down from generation to generation, and for many of us the very best traditions are the ones that help to define our community.

A world split up into us and them is a dangerous world, indeed, and Canadians are not immune to this binary vision. Right now, it would be easy to lapse into intolerance and hate.

The recent passing of former B.C. premier Bill Bennett was a reminder that of the many people who have held elected office in this province, only a handful can truly be said to have left a major, lasting imprint on the society they served.

Dear Editor More needs to be done to calm traffic on Seventh Avenue between Sixth Street and Glenbrook Middle School.

Dear Editor Re: Raising rates again? Taxpayer’s fed up, Inbox, the Record,Nov. 26. I agree with Mr. Prokovich 100 per cent! A recent article in the Recordreported a survey indicated citizens of New West are happy with a tax increase yet again.

If you're wondering why the B.C. government shows little interest in taking action to deal with Metro Vancouver's red-hot housing market, look no further than the most recent update of its fiscal situation.

It’s December. It’s dipping below freezing at night. The stores are blaring Christmas music. And the United Way’s annual National Report Card on Child and Family Poverty has found one in five children in Canada is now living below the poverty line.

In light of a debate currently raging on the Record's Facebook page over the newly installed WOW New Westminster , I had to resurrect this old column I wrote in May 2014, after the idea first came to the council of the day.

Dear Editor The world has become not only very busy but has turned into a terribly noisy place. We are constantly being bombarded by noise: SkyTrain, trains, trucks, traffic, machinery both industrial and domestic.