Opinion

Re: Shut up about traffic - or move, Letters to the Editor, the Record, Jan. 21. When I moved to Royal Avenue 15-plus years ago, there was a fire station at the corner of Royal Avenue and Eighth Street, and St. Mary's Hospital on Royal Avenue.

A recent dustup on social media between an NDP MLA and B.C.'s lone Green Party MLA provides a few more clues about the apparent shifting political landscape in this province.

Chances are pretty good that local city councillors and city staff are taking a close look at a B.C. Supreme Court decision handed down this week.

By the time I was 12, my family and I could set up a campsite with as much efficiency as a military unit. This involved a slightly competitive effort in which my brothers would race to set up their tent while my sister and I did ours.

Dear Editor Re: Why I'll be voting 'No' in referendum Inbox, New West Record, Jan. 23. While I sympathize with the views expressed by Dave Lundy I'm not at all sure I'll be voting No.

Dear Editor Re: Derelict building could be revitalized, Inbox, New West Record, Jan. 23. Like Colleen, I am saddened to see the old New Westminster Gas Company building being, essentially, demolished through neglect on the part of the city.

Dear Editor Re: Off the couch and into the caves, New West Record, Jan. 16, page 1. I thoroughly enjoyed your article on the front page of the Record.

Dear Editor: In reference to the article in the Record Jan. 21, The view from the top.

Dear Editor, I was confounded my Mr. Lundy's letter ("Why I'm voting 'No' in transit referendum" - Record, Jan.

The general consensus seems to be that the Yes side in the upcoming transit plebiscite is the one fighting from behind, and has the much bigger proverbial boulder to push up the hill in this debate.