Opinion

The feeling surging through most British Columbians' blood today should seem familiar. It's a lot like road rage, albeit inspired by those who insure cars, not those who drive them.

As summer vacations come to an end, and we begin to look forward to the fall, it is a good time to start thinking about how to best protect ourselves and our loved ones from illnesses like influenza.

Monday was a special day in the Royal City. Queen's Park resident and hometown NHL hero Bill Ranford had his day with the Stanley Cup (see page 3 for our coverage of the visit).

Dear Editor: Re: Private vs public health debate on, The Record, July 25. Mr. Baldrey writes that there is "no compelling evidence" that private clinics have inflicted harm on the public system.

Dear Editor: Re: Cook's remarks hypocritical, Letters to the Editor, The Record, Aug.8, 2012. I feel it necessary to comment on New Westminster city councillor Chuck Puchmayr's political rant regarding my comments to reporter Niki Hope.

It's nice to see Prime Minister Stephen Harper standing up for science. Like a solar eclipse, it happens only a few times a year. Harper said he's going to stay out of the Northern Gateway oil pipeline issue.

Dear Editor: Re: Crosty opposes everything, The Record, Aug. 8. It appears that Scott Larsen may be sniffing more than the flowers along the esplanade if we read his mischaracterizations of James Crosty's positions in his Aug. 8 letter to the editor.

It may be tracking well in the polls, but the B.C. Conservative party has yet to demonstrate why it should be considered a credible alternative when it comes to forming government in this province.

Dear Editor: Re: 99 and counting for local tennis player, The Record, July 25. How lovely to read about Ed Gladstone and his active life playing tennis! My grandmother is 93 and also still lives alone.

In the end, the final results were anticlimactic. Tuesday's deadline for concerned citizens who wanted an "alternative approval process" to oppose the city's proposed $59-million loan authorization bylaw came and went with little fanfare.