Opinion

Dear Editor: Chuck Puchmayr's letter, The Port Mann: A bridge too far (Dec. 24) failed to recognize what appears to be obvious to me and many others: the likely construction of the Stormont Connector.

Dear Editor: Mr. Oppal got two things right. We must put an end to endemic poverty, and we are all responsible. Ending poverty among indigenous peoples is easy enough: end two centuries of injustice: accept aboriginal title and rights.

Another big fight is brewing in the education system, but unlike the last dustups, this one doesn't involve the B.C. Teachers' Federation going to war with the provincial government.

It's hard to talk of holiday joy when the world of late has been filled with so much frightening news: a mass shooting in Connecticut, ongoing conflicts in Syria, the economic woes of most of the globe, to name but a few.

Dear Editor: I recently read that once again, as it has been year after year after year, two labour-endorsed trustees will occupy the positions of chair and vice-chair on the New Westminster School Board.

If you are reading this, chances are the first Mayan calendar prediction for the end of the world was wrong. Now, we are still faced with the backup date of Dec. 25, but we suspect that on Dec.

Dear Editor: Your busy readers, rushing around between jobs, family, holiday events, and shopping up to our socio-corporate expectations, probably won't have time to read this. Too bad.

Dear Editor: As I rush to finish my last holiday preparations, I am struck by how many people in New Westminster are out there making a special effort to take care of people this time of year.

The new Port Mann Bridge is the largest and most expensive bridge in Canada. It was built in conjunction with the $1 billion (and rising) South Fraser Perimeter Road, a 37 kilometre goods movement corridor along the south side of the Fraser river.

Dear Editor: The Government of B.C. is spending millions of dollars of taxpayers' money on recent excessive television ads which supposedly support the premise that British Columbia is forging ahead with job creation.