Opinion

Open letter to a driver, Driving north on No. 3 Road just south of Cambie Road yesterday, you came upon a sick or injured seagull in your lane. It was struggling desperately in a sea of traffic.

Speaking last month about supporting a house-flipping tax, Gregor Robertson, mayor of Vancouver, said: “First and foremost, housing needs to be for homes, not just treated as a commodity.

Dear Editor, I have yet to receive a response from staff about my suggestion that a tree canopy study be done for Richmond, showing the changes over the last five to 10 years in particular.

Dear Editor, I live on a property adjoining a farm on Finn Road that was in the news three years ago for dumping several thousand tons of demolition materials right through the middle of this very productive prime farm land.

Dear Editor, Re: “City council shows hunger for Richmond Food Charter,” News, July 13 In our household, we happily support our local farmers and prefer domestic food products for their freshness, quality, and, we hope, nutritious value and safety.

Dear Editor, My wife and I eat out a lot and when we have not been travelling or making an occasional visit to Downtown Vancouver, we have been content to stay in Steveston to enjoy the variety of cuisines that are available in our little town.

Missing persons can be a delicate subject for police, but the public has its rights as well

Dear Editor, One realtor’s perspective ... In what was probably a well-intentioned but, in fact, sadly misguided attempt to address the issue of housing affordability in B.C.

Dear Editor, Re: “Giving Parkinson’s the old one-two,” Feature, July 16. I read with interest Philip Raphael’s article, “Giving Parkinson’s the old one-two” in the Friday issue of the Richmond News. I am happy for Mr.

Jack Trovato was an NDP candidate in the 2015 federal election in the riding of Richmond Centre and is expected to run in the 2017 provincial election in the new Richmond-Queensborough riding Some British Columbians still hold a small flicker of hope