Opinion

It's not a new idea, but it's one that's getting floated around with increasing regularity: would the Lower Mainland be better served with a regional police force? As it stands today, a half dozen cities have their own independent departments - New W

The IGA at Columbia Square is closing after 14 years in New Westminster because of dwindling sales coupled with labour costs, the company says. Scott Coburn, vice-president of human resources for H.Y. Louie Co. Ltd.

Dear Editor, The Record: 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

Dear Editor: I never thought the day would come when I would say out loud that I envy the fine citizens of Surrey - but that day arrived on Sunday morning. Mostly I envy them for their mayor.

Either by design or out of exasperation, Premier Christy Clark is starting to seem quite frustrated with her chief opponent's rope-a-dope tactics on the political stage.

Dear Editor: Re: Son upset about hospital cleanliness issues, The Record, Jan. 9. Congratulations to Maurizio Facchin for trying to bring up once again the lack of proper cleaning in our hospitals.

Politics in B.C. have always been defined as a tad bit quirky compared to our provincial cousins in the rest of the country.

Dear Editor: It's enough to make you wonder why we pay taxes. Recently, the B.C.

Dear Editor: I was on my way home from work in the afternoon of Dec. 18, the day of the first snowfall, when I slipped and fell on the pavement by Queens Avenue, on the street across from Ready Set Grow Daycare.

Have you taken a look at the calendar lately? It's just three weeks to go till B.C.'s first Family Day on Feb. 11.