Opinion

For years we've been told that climate change is going to be the unfortunate legacy we leave to our children. But it turns out we don't have to wait that long.

Dear Editor: Re: Teachers expect too much, Letters to the editor, The Record, May 9. Insofar as wage fairness is concerned, that is certainly cause for thought.

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.