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Documents reveal details

Documents reveal details

Dear Editor: Re: City rejects society's bid for compensation, The Record, Jan. 30. The Record broke the news on Aug. 30, 2012 that the city was ordered to release Burr documents.
Multi-tasking: not really worth it after all

Multi-tasking: not really worth it after all

Multi-tasking - when did it become something to strive for? Was it when we all decided we were so busy we had to do multiple things at once? Was it when the economic downturn led to staff cuts at workplaces and we figured we could do the jobs of a fe
Short memories?

Short memories?

Dear Editor: Re: Prepare for political flashbacks, In The House, The Record, Jan. 30 The B.C. Liberals and the friends of the B.C. Liberals want to remind people of things that occurred in the 1990s. However, the B.C.
Paramount 'crusade' was prejudiced

Paramount 'crusade' was prejudiced

If teenagers expect adults to take them seriously, they have to make convincing arguments based in reason and logic. These are qualities we parents hope that public education helps them to develop.
Smoking: hundreds of reasons to butt out

Smoking: hundreds of reasons to butt out

You know a hundred reasons to quit smoking already, but in case National Non-Smoking Week this month didn't leave a lasting impression on you, here are a few more: Lung cancer migrates.
Pedestrian problems a priority

Pedestrian problems a priority

Dear Editor: Re: Problem sidewalks in city, The Record, Jan. 18. Well done, Cathy.
Prepare for political flashbacks

Prepare for political flashbacks

Welcome to the 1990s. That, at least, is where the B.C. Liberals and their supporters want to take you if you're considering voting for the NDP in May.
Questions still linger

Questions still linger

Dear Editor: The more closely I look at the $3,580 in expenses claimed by Trustee Michael Ewen last year, the more questions I have; particularly with respect to the $238 that Ewen claimed for a March 6, 2012 trip to Victoria on the same day the BCTF
Miss Royal City 1950 remembers

Miss Royal City 1950 remembers

Dear Editor: I had not thought or heard of Frank Goodship for more than half a century. We met in 1950, when I was 17 and he was the photographer for the Columbian newspaper in New Westminster.
Police wrong to OK warnings

Police wrong to OK warnings

t's not the first time I've disagreed with police, and I suspect it won't be the last.