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Mayor should resign his seat

Mayor should resign his seat

Dear Editor: The current mayor of New Westminster is quoted as saying "You've got losers all the time in life who keep looking for things to throw stones at . their information is too wrong for me to let it go too much longer." (Re: BCBusiness, Oct.
Transit possibilities

Transit possibilities

Dear Editor: Transit should operate on a for profit basis and its prices should closely reflect market forces - even if it means that transit fares increase.
Not a very good week for Christy Clark

Not a very good week for Christy Clark

One has to feel for Premier Christy Clark, no matter what one's political affiliations may be. In one week she was faced with a former Liberal MLA, John van Dongen, yet again, demanding an investigation into the 2003 sale of B.C.
Who is the loser?

Who is the loser?

Dear Editor: Re: Bullying and intimidation, Letters to the Editor, The Record, Nov. 9. Mayor Wayne Wright's disgraceful attitude toward those that question and challenge him is well known.
Plenty to applaud in cancer screening plan

Plenty to applaud in cancer screening plan

Every once in a while, governments do something right. And any time they do something that fights cancer, it's got to be right.
What have we learned?

What have we learned?

Dear Editor: I spent the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month at home on Remembrance Day. I thought of when I was a kid during the war, when we lived in West Vancouver.
Put people first

Put people first

Dear Editor: Re: Extreme weather shelter moves to Cliff Block, The Record, Nov. 7. I understand from the story that some of the residents across the street from the Cliff Block, represented by Ms.
Revealed messages will cost the Libs

Revealed messages will cost the Libs

For a glimpse of how manipulative and detached from reality many B.C. Liberals have become, one needs to look no further than a three-page memo written by party insiders that deals with the future of Burnaby Hospital.
Teachers can be bullies

Teachers can be bullies

DEAR EDITOR: In the early 1970s, when teacher-initiated corporal punishment was in the process of gradually being phased out, I endured the most formidable, frightening bully of my life - my Grade 2 teacher.
Time running out to voice opinions

Time running out to voice opinions

More than any other province, British Columbia should be demanding a detailed analysis and full discussion of provisions in a proposed "investment" treaty that has already been signed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.