Opinion

Dear Editor, Five years into the bridge discussion and personal preferences, not facts, still seem to rule opinions. The issue of the bridge is not one of transit/transportation. Yes, access over the Fraser needs to be improved.

Dear Editor, Re: “Get with it, millennial,” Letters , Jan. 20 I felt the need to respond to Ms. MacDonald’s condescending letter. You imply that millennials are lazy kids who don’t want to work and have everything handed to them.

Dear Editor, Re: “‘Curious’ behaviour’ proves hard to define,” News, Jan. 18 Like columnist Sabine Eiche, I have derived great pleasure from reading my copy of The Meaning of Liff by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd.

Dear Editor, Re: “Renovation planned for ROX,” News, Jan.

Dear Editor, I attended a four-hour council meeting on Monday night, to voice my concerns over the ever-increasing size of homes on our rich and fertile Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR).

Dear Editor, Richmond is far from alone in the need for affordable land for business, commercial, residential or even agricultural development. Rarely does anyone ask why land is so costly and what can be done about it.

Dear Editor, Re: “Due diligence done on bridge,” Delta Optimist, Jan. 20. The Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone makes some statements that need to be addressed.

I was hoping to start the new year with a bang, but instead it started with a whimper. I won’t go into the gory details; let it suffice to say that I have a chronic gut condition.

Did you have any inkling that there are things, behaviours, situations, and goodness knows what else, for which the English language has NO words? In German, you can construct a new word by stringing together existing words (as Mark Twain delighted i

Four homeless people, each with a different story to tell, are brought to life by Richard Wagamese in Ragged Company . These people were drawn into my heart and remained there long after I put this book away.