Opinion

Dear Editor: Re: Keith Baldrey's In The House column of July 13.

Dear Editor: I was surprised to read Judy Darcy's letter where she implies that small businesses are against the HST (re: HST bad for small business, Letter to the Editor, The Record, July 8.) This is the complete opposite of my own experience.

It's been a modest celebration so far, but an important one - and this weekend, the public has the chance to take part. Since January, Parks Canada has been quietly celebrating their centennial.

Dear Editor: Re: Turning iconic photo into public art, The Record, July 8. Dear Coun.

How many people reading this are entitled to two weeks off work - with pay - because a friend has died? That type of paid leave is precisely what the B.C.

Dear Editor: The HST is B.C.'s biggest direct tax shift onto seniors, families and small businesses and a gift of billions of dollars, in perpetuity, to large corporations.

Canada's war in Afghanistan - the "armed conflict" that no politician or general wanted to label a war - came to an end last week with the transfer of battle command to U.S. units at Ma'sum Ghar.

Municipalities spend money on a wide variety of services to keep their cities running.

Dear Editor: Re: Devastation to local trees, The Record, Letters to the Editor, June 29. Hilda Bechler needs to learn a few things about the trees she's trying to protect. Those cottonwood trees she adores are the weeds of the tree family.

The endless days of summer don't seem so endless when there's the looming spectre of possible job action in schools come the fall. Members of the B.C.