Opinion

Dear Editor: What seems to be at issue in this debate around Black Peter is a failure to acknowledge and understand distinctions that need to be made between racist intent and racist impact.

Remember the good ol' days? The days when no one batted an eye if you drank all night long and then grabbed your jacket, hat and keys and toddled off to the parking lot in a notso-straight line? When everyone left well enough alone TH about whether o

Dear Editor: I am completely appalled that in this day and age the Sinterklaas Festival at the Quay has been cancelled.

Dear Editor: As a Bible-believing Christian, I would like at this time to remind my brothers and sisters that we don't have to make a big deal about Christmas because nowhere in scripture does it indicate the father wanted us or expected us to have a

Dear Editor: Re: Room for traditions - but not for racism, Our View, The Record, Nov. 25. I was very disappointed and to some degree insulted by your editorial regarding the Sinterklaas celebrations and the role of Black Peter in this event.

The banking industry is big news these days, but I have to wonder if we are forgetting the other bank that is growing in our society - the food bank.

This week, the provincial government announced the creation of a new auditor general for local government. It remains to be seen whether this is a good thing.

The next provincial election is supposedly not until May 2013, but we will have two critical byelections before then - and there could be more. Two B.C.

This past week a judge handed down fines totalling $350,000 against two companies and three men involved in the Langley mushroom farm case, where three farm workers died in 2008 and two others suffered brain damage.

Dear Editor: I am writing to answer your question presented in your editorial, What is the secret ingredient for winners? (Our View, Nov. 23). Well, this is not really a secret.