Opinion

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.

Dear Editor, Re: “‘Exclusionary signage’ still prevalent,” News , Sept. 23. Quebec regulates language on signs. Those of us Anglophones would find that uncomfortable if we suddenly ended up living there.

Dear Editor Re: “Dog-eating slur,” Letters Sept. 18. Kudos to Michael Fu! Thanks for sharing your story. As a Chinese teenager growing up in the B.C. Interior during the late ‘60s, I wasn’t a cool kid, but I was accepted.

T he federal election campaign may have started almost two months ago, but only now does it feel like it’s heating up, at least in Richmond. The flurry of all-candidate meetings is part of the reason.

Dear Editor, Every year, the sight of students springing from the somnolence of summer into the scholastics and studies of September evokes a sense of hope, promise and optimism, for futures and friendships forged.

Y ou know those moments at the dinner table when you’re dying to entertain family members or friends with a whimsical, observational, slice-of-life, anecdotal experience of the day? Thankfully, working in Richmond for seven years packs your conversat