Opinion

I'm glad I'll be celebrating my birthday in Rome, the Eternal City. In a city over 2,500 years old, I'm sure to feel young. I'll also regain some perspective. We can get so caught up with the seriousness of our lives that we can miss the big picture.

The Editor, The results of the ICBC staffing review were not unexpected, but they are an illustration of the bureaucratic tendency to multiply with no limit.

The announcement by newspaper mogul David Black that he wants to build a $13 billion oil refinery near Kitimat may be hailed by some as a "game changer" for the proposed Enbridge pipeline project, but a more accurate description may be "pipe dream.

The Editor, Re: "Keeping a lookout for Mrs. Lily," Letters, Aug. 15. May I express a very big heartwarming thank you to yourself, coworkers and all the readers of Richmond News, for printing my letter "Keep a lookout for Mrs Lily.

The Editor, Re: "Welcome to Steveston; have a ticket," Letters, Aug. 17 I wanted to respond to the letter in the Richmond News by Warren Bell and to say I am in totally agreement with him.

Open letter to Mayor Brodie, In 2010, the City of Richmond became the first city in Canada to ban the retail sale of puppies. This precedent setting move has paved the way for other cities across the country.

It's a truth as fundamental as the sun rising in the east and setting in the west: even minor changes in an ecosystem can and will have profound and unexpected results. Sharks have a vital place in the ecosystems of the world's oceans.

The Editor, It is rather unfortunate that our national police force has been involved in so many controversies during the past couple of years.

The Canadian Medical Association's call this week for better drug coverage for low income households is one Canada should consider seriously, as much for economic reasons as for humanitarian ones.

If you gave me $10,000 to invest in the stock market, I would make a bold, aggressive move. Toilet paper. Or the companies that make it. And other boring things, like baby food and toothpaste and canned vegetables.