Opinion

This week is Emergency Service Dispatchers' and 9-1-1 Awareness Week.

When the NDP formed government during the 1990s, it found itself constantly on the defensive when dealing with two major power blocs in B.C.: the environmental movement and doctors.

Dear Editor: Re: One-lane Bailey Bridge possible, The Record, April 3.

Guess how many children between the ages of two and 17 in B.C. are considered obese? And guess how many are considered overweight? In B.C.

Dear Editor: Re: Another clue in the uptown anchor retail mystery?, The Record, April 5. Now we know why the Royal Centre is keeping their new tenant under wraps. It might be Wal-Mart and of course there would be a lot of naysayers.

Dear Editor: Re: Coal dust raises questions, Letters, The Record, April 3. Former U.S. president Thomas Jefferson is quoted as saying, "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscious to remain silent.

Dear Editor: Re: Coquitlam pushes for action from New West, The Record, March 22. TransLink and other municipalities shouldn't be able to use New West as an open sewer for the trucking industry.

In the 2009 B.C. election, just 51 per cent of eligible voters bothered to cast a ballot. Some 1.65 million ballots were cast, 120,000 fewer than in 2005, according to Elections B.C., when 58 per cent of eligible voters made their mark.

Carbon offsets could be a good idea, so long as programs are monitored by those outside carbon trading system

Dear Editor: I presume you ran your 'Businesses Welcome PST" story in your April 3 edition, only because you did not have an edition on April 1.