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Lawyers have it backwards on discrimination

Lawyers have it backwards on discrimination

Dear Editor: I find myself in complete agreement with the headline of your opinion piece of Friday, June 13. (Supporting discrimination is simply wrong). The decision of some 77 per cent of the lawyers of B.C.
New West just can't take more traffic

New West just can't take more traffic

Dear Editor: Oh my goodness! We still have the Pattullo Bridge problem; now we have the Bailey bridge problem. Are we the dump site of traffic from our neighbours? We do have sensitive, good, considerate neighbours, eh ...
Class composition is critical for teachers

Class composition is critical for teachers

Dear Editor: Re: Why do we have to bargain for the best? Opinion, The Record, June 6. Thank you, Christina Myers, for your support for quality education.
Why doesn't city chip in for playground?

Why doesn't city chip in for playground?

Dear Editor: The cause is just and the effort noble, but the fundraising mountain is steep and the boulder huge.
The risk is just too great to take this chance

The risk is just too great to take this chance

What is a manageable risk for a man who killed a young woman while on parole for luring another woman to a shed where he bound and gagged her, sexually assaulted her and hit her over the head with a ball peen hammer? We, like the family of Angie Rich
What's the solution to teachers' dispute?

What's the solution to teachers' dispute?

As the latest contract dispute involving B.C.'s teachers careens towards the inevitably unsatisfactory conclusion for all involved, it's worth asking whether another bargaining model should be adopted.
Top summer picks for choral music lovers

Top summer picks for choral music lovers

For those of us who are slightly addicted to choral music, there's always a little bit of sadness attached to the arrival of summer - because it usually means we don't have any more rehearsals and concerts to look forward to until fall.
Dear Teachers: Here's why I'm proud of my son's protest

Dear Teachers: Here's why I'm proud of my son's protest

Dear Editor: My son was one of the students protesting the education labour disruption yesterday. My son is a Grade 10 student at NWSS and I have lost count of the number of strikes and job actions he has experienced as a student.
Is the new coal terminal inevitable?

Is the new coal terminal inevitable?

Dear Editor: Having made innumerable submissions to various regulatory boards in the United States and Canada over 30 years, having been on a regulatory board staff that approved both routing of pipelines and siting of major industrial projects and h
Bailey bridge issue is a new game

Bailey bridge issue is a new game

We get the picture. The province is siding with Coquitlam in its fight to expand traffic options from Coquitlam to New Westminster. Coquitlam wanted a two-lane bridge linking United Boulevard with Braid Street. New West didn't.