Opinion

Dear Editor: Way back when the new school on the old Saint Mary's Hospital site was named (April 2013), you indicated how to pronounce the hard-to-spell name.

Dear Editor: Re: Teachers expect too much, Letters to the editor, The Record, May 9. It is true that other provinces in Canada are currently in contract negotiations with their teachers.

The issues that swirl around B.C.'s biggest-ever megaproject aren't going away: jobs and a secure, "clean" energy supply versus environmental damage and ignoring some First Nations rights.

In the fall of 1863, upon the dissolution of the Columbia Detachment of Royal Engineers, New Westminster witnessed the formation of its own militia group. This group, over the following decades, evolved into The Royal Westminster Regiment of today.

Dear Editor: My thanks to everyone who helped make last weekend's Jane's Walk a successful community event. Couldn't have done it without the enthusiastic New Westminster participants, instigators and walk leaders.

Dear Editor: As of today, the governments in the provinces of B.C., Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island are working on contract negotiations with the teachers. No signed contracts in force presently.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper can't seem to buy a win in the courts these days.

I've caught myself lately, when hugging my son, squeezing a little tighter than normal, pressing my cheek to his a little longer. I catch myself whispering "Mommy loves you very much.

For every story that makes the front page or the start of the newscast, there were many that didn't. Think about that every time you see the walking-talking disaster that is Rob Ford dominating the news cycle.

John who? That question frames one of the more immediate challenges facing newly installed NDP leader John Horgan. Quite simply, most potential voters likely don't even know who he is.