Opinion

Re: “More demolitions than ever for Richmond,” News Aug.

Can you hear that? No, it’s not the sound of another older, single-family home being demolished in Richmond. It’s an exclamation of euphoria as the sun sets — or the rain/wind sweeps — over the horizon of a marathon, 10-week summer vacation.

For those weekends when you have no plans and just want to laze around the house in your jammies watching movies, consider this: Subtitles Won’t Kill You. I was never a foreign film fan until I started watching Israeli movies with subtitles.

Assuming that summer will soon return after the recent wind and rain we’ve endured, here’s a trio of New Zealand wines to quench your September thirst. Kiwi wines are much like B.C. wines.

Dear Editor, Re: “Richmond drivers need to mind their manners,” Letters, Aug. 26. I do agree with some of the points that Janet Oakes raised in her letter. And, yes, we have in our midst many “dangerous and inconsiderate drivers.

Dear Editor, The ALR: Pygmy goats, metro ports and everything in between. It’s time to expose the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) as the fraud it was designed to be.

Could the public be heeded at the next public hearing? Yes, miracles can happen if we earn them. On Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m., council will hear the public on a new-house massing bylaw. The venue is the council chambers at Richmond City Hall.

Dear Editor, Re: “Cultures united by signal allergy,” Column, Aug. 23. While signaling is definitively a lost art in Richmond, what even fewer people seem to know about is the “right of way.

Dear Editor, The Richmond Chinese Community Society 13th Annual Seniors’ Lunch Celebration was held at the Continental Seafood Restaurant in Richmond on Saturday, Aug. 15. This luncheon was attended by approximately 500 seniors.

Dear Editor, Re: “Society founder denies allegations,” News, Aug. 21. I would like to draw attention to an error I noticed in the above noted article.