Opinion

Chances are, if you are a homeowner and you got your assessment in the mail this week, you grimaced at what you saw. Whether it is up or down, people tend to fret about taxes or whether their investment is maturing.

Dear Editor: Dear Mayor of New Westminster, Congratulations on your recent electoral win. It must be an exciting time for you and your family.

Dear Editor: Dear mayor and council members, We purchased our home at 359 Alberta St. in August 2013.

Dear Editor: Re: Neighbours cut political display, The Record, Jan. 7.

How homeless do you have to be to qualify as homeless? That’s the no-win question facing those who help seniors, after a new federal funding model was introduced to combat senior homelessness. (See the story on page 3 of today’s edition.

Dear Editor: Re: Have fighter jets become obsolete?, Opinion, The Record, Jan. 9. Your writer in last Friday's paper is out to lunch on a lot of things he knows about the F-35.

Trying to gauge whether a liquefied natural gas industry is going to finally establish a toe-hold in this province remains a risky endeavor, more so now that oil prices have plummeted to near-record lows.

Dear Editor: Coal has had a lot of negative press in recent years. So much so that I was motivated to find out some facts. What I discovered is that coal production supports thousands of jobs in B.C.

Dear Editor: Re: Talks derail, The Record , Jan. 7. It’s absolutely absurd that Southern Railway’s president, Frank Butzelaar, is claiming that they are a “small, local company” who apparently can’t afford to treat its employees fairly.

Canada is in the market for a new fighter jet, but we’ve been kicking the tires for quite a while now. You might remember back in 2012, when the government was all hot and bothered over the F-35, the so-called “fifth generation” fighter that the U.S.