Opinion

Dear Editor: In estimating government revenues in his budget earlier this year, Finance Minister Kevin Falcon predicted natural gas sales would generate $398 million and $846 million in royalties for the next two fiscal years.

Dear Editor: Re: Creating beauty in the garden, The Record, July 4. Thank you for acknowledging the beautiful garden created by Duglas Cruz in Queens Park.

Dear Editor: Re: Dog attack seems unlikely, Letter to the Editor, The Record, June 27. In B.E. Kendall's letter, there are a lot of valid points - but a few clarifications need to be made.

Dear Editor: This is from the Official 2011-2012 New Westminster Visitors Guide: "Canada Day Fireworks July 1. Join the Hyack Festival Association for Canada Day fireworks at the Westminster Quay. It will be the most spectacular display of the year.

Teachers have just ratified an agreement with their employer, B.C. Public School Employers' Association, ending their year-long contract dispute.

We have to hand it to the union executive at the B.C. Government and Service Employees Union.

Dear Editor: Re: Refugees facing cuts to health care, The Record, June 22.

So B.C. Liberal MLA Kevin Krueger is packing it in (well, eventually) and is taking his boombox voice out of the legislature for good come the next election.

Dear Editor: On June 28, I received the news that my grandma had a stroke and that she was at Royal Columbian Hospital on life support - and she wasn't going to make it.

Dear Editor: Maybe TransLink should make (the Pattullo Bridge) eight lanes or how about 10? It doesn't matter because a precedent has been set. A city can change existing traffic by implementing bike lanes.