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Care for those who need it

Care for those who need it

Dear Editor: As always, Nov. 11 is a special day in the lives of so many of us who pause to reflect, remember and thank the courageous women and men who sacrificed for us and gave us this safe country in which we can be free.
Current school board may be worse than previous boards

Current school board may be worse than previous boards

Dear Editor: The continued politicking at the New Westminster school board table is a distraction that's used up too much time and energy among our elected trustees.
Carefully consider agendas and intent

Carefully consider agendas and intent

Jane Sterk's column (Time running out to voice opinions, In My Opinion, The Record, Nov. 9) casts a critical spotlight on the current proposed investment treaty between Canada and China.
Mayor should resign his seat

Mayor should resign his seat

Dear Editor: The current mayor of New Westminster is quoted as saying "You've got losers all the time in life who keep looking for things to throw stones at . their information is too wrong for me to let it go too much longer." (Re: BCBusiness, Oct.
Transit possibilities

Transit possibilities

Dear Editor: Transit should operate on a for profit basis and its prices should closely reflect market forces - even if it means that transit fares increase.
Not a very good week for Christy Clark

Not a very good week for Christy Clark

One has to feel for Premier Christy Clark, no matter what one's political affiliations may be. In one week she was faced with a former Liberal MLA, John van Dongen, yet again, demanding an investigation into the 2003 sale of B.C.
Who is the loser?

Who is the loser?

Dear Editor: Re: Bullying and intimidation, Letters to the Editor, The Record, Nov. 9. Mayor Wayne Wright's disgraceful attitude toward those that question and challenge him is well known.
Plenty to applaud in cancer screening plan

Plenty to applaud in cancer screening plan

Every once in a while, governments do something right. And any time they do something that fights cancer, it's got to be right.
What have we learned?

What have we learned?

Dear Editor: I spent the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month at home on Remembrance Day. I thought of when I was a kid during the war, when we lived in West Vancouver.
Put people first

Put people first

Dear Editor: Re: Extreme weather shelter moves to Cliff Block, The Record, Nov. 7. I understand from the story that some of the residents across the street from the Cliff Block, represented by Ms.