Opinion

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

DEAR EDITOR: Re: Comments from Mayor Wayne Wright, The New New Westminster, BCBusiness Magazine October 2012.

Several years ago pundits were predicting the demise of Remembrance Day ceremonies. Yes, they would still exist, but they would be much smaller ceremonies with fewer participants, and, of course, fewer veterans. Fortunately, the pundits were wrong.

None of us born in the years since the Second World War ended are ever likely to see such dark days.

Dear Editor: On behalf of Burnaby Mountain Secondary School's Global Awareness Initiative Network, I would like to thank the residents of Lower Sapperton for their amazing support and generosity towards our We Scare Hunger Campaign.