Opinion

Dear Editor, In an average elementary school, there are likely five children suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). In a medium to large high school, there are typically 20 students battling OCD.

Anyone else fed up with the federal election yet? In case you hadn’t noticed — and you’d have to be blind, deaf, a recluse or a Blue Jays fan to not realize — a national election campaign has been running since Aug.

Dear Editor, After Halloween, pumpkins look ridiculous hanging around the front yard. Their once broad grin and bright triangular eyes melt into themselves and give the appearance of a 60s movie star in need of a face lift.

Dear Editor, Contrary to the Kelly Greene letter you published (“Loo forgets who voted,” Letters, Sept. 23), I think Ms. Loo and some others on council are doing their job.

Dear Editor, Re: “Racist tones thinly veiled,” Letters Sept. 25. I was dismayed to see an attempt to cast efforts to address foreign language signs as being driven by racism. Playing the race card is too easy, too convenient. It is also lazy.

Dear Editor, Re: “Gang shots spark questions,” News Aug. 26. To clear the confusion, I wish to clarify what happened in the follow-up to the shooting incident in the Dover Park area in August.

Instead of buying a new computer or smart phone when your old one can’t keep up with your needs, wouldn’t it be great if it had the limitless ability to upgrade its own hardware and software to meet the demands of the moment? Your own brain already h

Dear Editor, The Richmond Food Bank is delighted with and most grateful for our community’s participation and response to the 2015 B.C. Thanksgiving Food Drive. Volunteers distributed donation bags with attached notices and then on Sept.

“I have always wondered what the big painted cement blocks scattered around Thompson Community Centre Park and playground are. They remind me a bit of big Lego blocks.

Editor, Re: “Exclusionary signage still prevalent,” News , Sept 23. I don’t know where Ms. Kerry Starchuk gets her enthusiasm, drive and patience to continue her fight, on our behalf, to have the “Chinese-only signs” situation resolved.