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Byelections set stage for big changes

Byelections set stage for big changes

The B.C. Liberals are an easily annoyed bunch these days (when you're sinking so low in the polls, who can blame them?), but one thing in particular seems to stick in their craw.
The prime minister's list

The prime minister's list

Dear Editor: Re: City MP blasts Tories for axing Katimavik, The Record, April 11. And so he should! When Fin Donnelly was blasting the Tories over axing Katimavik, the Tories were coughing up cash for a jazz event in the east.
Booze doesn't belong

Booze doesn't belong

Dear Editor: Re: Booze at the movies? Hold the celebration, Our View, The Record, April 3. First let me thank The Record for writing the editorial, in which some of the down-faults of this outrageous idea were outlined.
Need a word? Make up your very own

Need a word? Make up your very own

I'm going to make up a new word today, because I can and because I feel it would be useful. Everyone should try this once in a while. My word is a simple compound: necroblog.
Booze at the movies? Hold the celebration

Booze at the movies? Hold the celebration

We'll drink to that. Well, actually, hold that toast. Rich Coleman's announcement this week that the government will allow alcohol to be sold and consumed in movie theatres raises a lot of questions.
Broke or tight-fisted?

Broke or tight-fisted?

DEAR EDITOR: A recent letter of mine questioning why B.C. is broke has brought a rude tirade from a political wannabe clearly desperate to scramble aboard the B.C. Liberal ship while it still floats. (No, B.C.
Many benefits from Katimavik

Many benefits from Katimavik

Dear Editor: Re: City MP blasts Tories for axing Katimavik, The Record, April 11.
Ponder the spin job

Ponder the spin job

Dear editor: Re: No, B.C. is not broke, Letter to the editor, The Record, April 6. Hector Bremner makes the above statement when replying to Tony Eberts' letter asking why this province is broke. In fact, Mr.
Funding squeeze getting too tight

Funding squeeze getting too tight

Why is the B.C.
How to grade teachers?

How to grade teachers?

Dear editor: Re: Grading teachers: What would it look like?, The Record, April 4.