Opinion

Dear Editor: I was stopped at a red light on midday, Friday, Dec. 13 at the intersection of Eighth Avenue and Eighth Street.

Dear Editor: I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to both the City of New Westminster as well as the wonderful visitors we had join us at our Royal City Farmers Market this past Dec. 7.

After fumbling the ball during the HST debacle and remaining virtually silent during the Enbridge pipeline debate, the B.C.

I always have a hard time answering when someone asks me, "So, are you all ready for Christmas?" In one sense, there's an easy answer.

Perhaps, when you saw the headline on this page, you rolled your eyes just a little and thought, "Gosh, another plea to help the needy - who am I, Santa?" Well, in one word, yes.

Every year, the same canard is raised by some Christians: 'Put the Christ back in Christmas' - as a Christian I never thought he left - or have a "Merry Christmas" and not "Happy Holidays.

Dear Editor: Mayor Wayne Wright's latest comments about the future of the Pattullo Bridge are alarming because they show how little he understands the traffic problems faced by New Westminster.

Dear Editor: As I sit in my new penthouse (two blocks from Coquitlam Centre looking out over the lake towards the mountains and the festive lights of the Evergreen Theatre), my thoughts turned to my former residence for 25 years - the kingdom of the

Dear Editor: We hear a lot of coverage on the huge liquefied natural gas resource in B.C., and that our economic future rests on the shoulders of exporting LNG (so other countries can use it to produce electricity).

Dear Editor: In recent weeks, there have been a number of inaccurate characterizations in the media regarding the use of personal workspaces in New Westminster schools.