Opinion

Richmond - The Editor, Re: "Security costs justified: Reid," News, March 28. Regarding the story about Speaker Linda Reid's paying for her husband's travel expenses - I'd like to offer a broader context about Reid that often gets lost.

Richmond - The Editor, Re: "Security costs justified: Reid," News, March 28. I think MLA Linda Reid's justification for spending $79,000 on security upgrades in her office is meaningless.

There's bacon at large in British Columbia. As of last week, it's now legal (if you have a hunting licence, etc.) to hunt down feral pigs anywhere in the province.

Richmond - The Editor, Re: "Another curbside shuffle is on its way," News, March 28.Regarding this article about recycling, I would like to point out some things: There will be another container for glass issued.

Richmond - The Editor, Food Security - Where art thou? At every meal I marvel at the fantastic selection of foods available to me from myriad countries around the world but I am abashed when I consider the number of human beings that labour around th

So is the B.C.

Richmond - The Editor, Where is the respect? A group of seniors who have supported the Richmond Seniors Society for years is going to lose their bingo night over a $10 licence? Really? What an odd coincidence that just as the seniors decide to protes

If you're planning to get a new wireless phone contract this year, it's going to cost you more as the Big Three providers -Rogers, Bell and Telus -have all upped their rates by $5 per month since January.

Go to a council meeting anywhere in the outer ring of Metro Vancouver these days, and you'll hear some of the same words over and over again. Density. On-street parking. Multi-family housing. Transit. Bike lanes.

"Everything old will become new again." That old saying is self-fulfilling, and is especially true in politics. Majority governments can use their numbers to their own advantage in our democracy, but that doesn't make it right.