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B.C. parties need credible candidates

B.C. parties need credible candidates

Premier Christy Clark is "restructuring" her cabinet, but a more pressing challenge for her is finding enough credible candidates to carry her party's tarnished banner in the next election. And she's not the only leader facing this daunting task. B.
Hard pill to swallow but worth looking at

Hard pill to swallow but worth looking at

The Canadian Medical Association's recent call for better drug coverage for low-income households is one Canada should consider seriously, as much for economic reasons as for humanitarian ones.
Unions facing very tough times in B.C

Unions facing very tough times in B.C

For most folks, it's the last long weekend of the summer - a time to load up the barbecue, take a nap in the hammock and, most of all, forget about work. But Labour Day, is, after all, all about work.
Letter on Mott misleading

Letter on Mott misleading

Re: Big company leaves New West, Letters, The Record, Aug. 24. In The Record of Aug. 24, Mr.
Gun culture determines safety

Gun culture determines safety

Last week I fired a gun for the first time. The occasion was the bachelor party for an old friend of mine. (And let me pause briefly here to say the wedding was wonderful, and the bride and groom have a very happy future ahead.
Propaganda machine at work

Propaganda machine at work

Finance Minister Kevin Falcon resigns, and the B.C. media starts spreading the propaganda that he is leaving because the B.C. Liberal government is a sinking ship.
Civic employee's attitude stinks

Civic employee's attitude stinks

Dear Editor: I live in a floathome at a marina in Queensborough with six other floathomes. We all pay property tax, however, we are allotted only two garbage bins in total for these floathomes and all the other boats in the marina.
Putting environment at risk

Putting environment at risk

Dear Editor: Politics, they say, is the science of the possible triumphing over the power of ideology and optimism. When one looks at the policy the B.C. NDP has created in regards to fracking, one has to assume that this was what the saying meant.
Prince Larsen a Royal City pain

Prince Larsen a Royal City pain

Dear Editor: Re: Royal City prince replies, Letters to the editor, The Record, Aug. 24.
Overspending fine unfair and absurd

Overspending fine unfair and absurd

he unfairness and absurdity of one of the B.C. government's more controversial laws was on full display this past week, as the B.C.