Opinion

Dear Editor: Let's not get too carried away over the news that Pacific NorthWest LNG, a consortium headed up by Malaysian's state-owned energy giant Petronas and Japan Petroleum Exploration Company (Japex), plans to spend up to $16 billion to export

It was an unthinkable tragedy. On Saturday, 20 people died - and another 50 are presumed dead - in a horrific explosion caused by a train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Quebec.

Dear Editor: It was with great sadness that I read about the closure of "Minter Gardens" in Chilliwack at the end of this summer. It is one of the most beautiful gardens I have ever seen and well worth the money.

Dear Editor: Re: District ends year with shortfall of $4.4 million, The Record, June 28.

The young boy playing in the kiddie pool in his backyard. The teenager learning to water ski for the first time. The young woman leaping from the top of a cliff into the ocean. We all need to be cautious while enjoying the water this summer. The B.C.

Dear Editor: I really get annoyed when comments are made without any time taken to research the topic. NDP leader Adrian Dix is quoted as saying that the Northwest Transmission Line being built by B.C.

One of the country's top polling firms has investigated how it (and so many others) got the B.C. election forecast so wrong and has concluded one factor looms larger than any other: the low turnout of young people casting ballots.

Dear Editor: Re: Resident concerned about "city friends with benefits" procurement policy, The Record website, June 28.

British Columbians are about to find out what it means for a government to balance its budget when money starts to perform a vanishing act.

Do you remember picking the ripe blackberries on the empty lot down the street? Your first day at Lord Kelvin school. The day you signed the papers on your first mortgage on the fixer-upper on 8th Street. The day you finally finished the basement.