Opinion

Dear Editor, I think it is time for city council to prohibit the use of engine brakes. I live on Westminster Highway and experience an ever-increasing use of those devices.

I see cars on the road and think, “They have it easy – they run on fuel, supplied by us.” And what do we run on? Our body’s fuel is food, and notwithstanding occasional delays with distribution and delivery, we’re well nourished.

Open letter to the parents of B.C. students, As a long-time educator, I find the lack of an online option in B.C.’s Back To School Plan extremely disturbing.

First stop is a delicious white, the 2018 Menade Verdejo ($22.99), Spain’s most popular white wine variety. The grapes are grown in the Rueda DO (Denominacion de Origen) in northern Spain’s Castilla y Leon region.

I recently had a birthday. I won’t get into specifics, but let’s just say it was a big one. Last year around this time, I thought I should do something amazing to celebrate.

Everyone I know loves Italian wines. Maybe it is because Italian wines remind everyone of a casual lifestyle and Italian gastronomy invokes so many positive feelings in us. Tell people you are opening a Barolo and their face lights up.

Dear Editor, Re: " Pedestrian Steveston a complete turn-off ," Letters , Aug. 6 I’d like to salute Tyson Riverdale for so quickly speaking out against the “pedestrian” experiment that’s going on in Steveston right now.

Dear Editor, I just returned from my usual walk through Steveston Village, and was very disappointed to see that the changes to the traffic pattern for B.C.

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Often we find it easier to criticize our elected officials than commending them for some of the sound decisions they make. Take, for example, the McCallan Park/Railway Greenway tucked between Westminster Highway and Granville Avenue.