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Public education is being dismantled

Public education is being dismantled

This is my anniversary. This year marks 20 years that I have been a teacher, something that I have wanted to do as a profession and have had a calling to do for my entire life.
Feds' new online crime bill goes too far

Feds' new online crime bill goes too far

Bill C-13, the Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act, is the latest Tory Trojan horse that would undermine citizens' privacy rights under the guise of protecting us from online evil.
Yes, please, bring on the beach!

Yes, please, bring on the beach!

Dear Editor: We being loyal citizens of New West look forward to an urban beach. We reside at the west end of the boardwalk. We frequently ride our bikes to the Quay for shopping and lunch. We are also boaters on a jet ski.
Here's how to help voter turnout in New West

Here's how to help voter turnout in New West

Dear Editor: If New Westminster city council is seriously concerned about low voter turnout in our local elections, the council should do much more than just updating city hall website (The Record, May 16, New Westminster seeks to encourage voter tur
The neverending soap opera in B.C. schools

The neverending soap opera in B.C. schools

The B.C. Liberal government has largely shed the labour relations headaches it helped create when it first took power in 2001, with one glaring exception.
Market isn’t so free when it comes to oil

Market isn’t so free when it comes to oil

When one Canadian goes to the gas station, all 34 million of us help pay the tab. Other than averting our eyes from Don Cherry’s suits, it’s one of the very few things we do as a country.
Gardener laughs in face of hunters

Gardener laughs in face of hunters

The government has sent me a synopsis of the 2014 hunting regulations. I have no idea why. I have never been a hunter; I don’t go in for that namby pamby stuff. I’m a gardener.
Support city business targeted by vandalism

Support city business targeted by vandalism

Dear Editor: Re: Broken in downtown, The Record , May 16. I was sorry to hear about the vandalism at Brick & Mortar.
Mayor was right to reject two-lane bridge option

Mayor was right to reject two-lane bridge option

Dear Editor: Re: City concerned about safety, The Record , May 16.
Mayor wrong on bridge issue

Mayor wrong on bridge issue

Dear Editor: Re: City concerned about safety, The Record , May 16. Someone needs to tell Mayor Wayne Wright he can’t have it both ways when it comes to transportation issues like the single-lane Bailey bridge at United Boulevard.