Opinion

Re: Taxes hit industry hardest, The Record, July 17. As the old saying goes, there are lies, damn lies and statistics.

The April edition of MoneySense magazine reported on the best place to live in Canada, and New Westminster declined, now only ranked at 89.

I have never been one to play with guns. Any and all of my knowledge about weapons, as for most of my friends, stems from movies, TV, video games and the Internet.

It is astounding, in this day and age, with so much information so easily available to so many people, that one in five Canadians still believe women who are sexually assaulted "asked for it.

One over-privileged baby. Ninety-three thousand poor children. Which one deserves the headlines? OK, OK, we're not totally hardhearted.

Re: Digital billboards expected to bring in $25M, The Record, July 12.

Okanagan College is reaching out to former students and employees of the B.C. Vocational School, Okanagan College and Okanagan University College as we prepare to celebrate our 50th birthday.

Do political scandals really matter when all is said and done? It's a fair and relevant question to pose after the surprise result of the May provincial disenchantment in her caucus.

At a time when the B.C. government is examining every nook and cranny to find excess spending to cut from its annual budgets, it's to be expected that some provincial programs will lose funding.

When you work in a school, goodbyes are expected.