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Is this the end for the B.C. NDP?

Is this the end for the B.C. NDP?

While the B.C. Liberals have debated among themselves for months now whether or not they should change the name of their party, perhaps it is actually the NDP that needs to have precisely the same kind of discussion among their own members.
Plenty of opposition to coal port

Plenty of opposition to coal port

Dear Editor: I was pleased, on attending the public forum at Douglas College on May 30 on the proposed coal port, to hear the overwhelming opposition, not just due to local concerns about the air, dust, water and perhaps noise impacts, but also the c
Arrests a waste of resources

Arrests a waste of resources

Dear Editor: Re: Police arrest three, The Record, May 29.
B.C. NDP failed to offer enough change

B.C. NDP failed to offer enough change

The path from Opposition to government runs through Gen Squeeze.
Online comments deserve full weight of law

Online comments deserve full weight of law

Kudos to Supreme Court Master Heather MacNaughton who ruled this week that Brian Burke's lawyer can serve legal documents to the folks who apparently thought it would be fun to spread vicious rumours via the Internet alleging Burke fathered a child w
Talk about mental health

Talk about mental health

Dear Editor: If you had told me 10 years ago that I was going to face the challenges of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, anxiety and schizophrenia, get through it and come out stronger, I would have told you, you were crazy.
Business as usual after election

Business as usual after election

Dear Editor: After 12 years in power, the Liberal party had become arrogant and detached from ordinary people. Give credit to Christy Clarke for putting a fresh face on an old sow.
All voices should be heard

All voices should be heard

Dear Editor: I was part of a delegation of representatives from all municipalities along the coal train route from White Rock through Surrey, and those affected by the Surrey Fraser Dock facility and resultant barge traffic from New Westminster to Te
B.C. teachers could fight 10-year plan

B.C. teachers could fight 10-year plan

As Premier Christy Clark prepares her B.C. Liberal government for its fourth term in power, she may be thinking she'll be facing a political opposition that is spent, demoralized and likely about to be consumed by internal strife.
Prime Minister needs to lead the cleanup

Prime Minister needs to lead the cleanup

Once upon a time, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's statements of outrage against government waste and cronyism sounded more convincing. That time was when he and the Conservatives were in Opposition.