Opinion

The Editor, I heard of the Rick Mercer Rant about the change in the Department of Veterans Affairs programs for our vets and the online and phone app availability, and applaud him for drawing this to the attention of the masses.

The Editor, A big thank you to the many schools, businesses, organizations, and individuals who held food and cash donation drives through Thanksgiving and Halloween. Thanksgiving came early this year with the BC Thanksgiving Food Drive on Sept. 20.

On Tuesday, TransLink announced it will adopt a host of recommendations about how to fix a buggy SkyTrain system that trapped hundreds of passengers last summer. Twice. In less than a week.

That was an interesting election, no doubt, although, in the end, there weren’t many surprises.

C ongratulations and thanks are in order for all those who were elected, as well as those who faced defeat at the polls in Saturday’s civic elections.

D ean Del Mastro is now the former MP for the Peterborough riding.

The Editor, The recently concluded municipal elections were unique in many ways. First of all, I would like to congratulate each one of the candidates for putting forward their names for public office.

The Editor, As talked about in the media these days, the police in some of our communities, and south of the border, have come under scrutiny, and stories of inappropriate actions, excessive force, human rights violations, have emerged.

The Editor, Congratulations to the local press, but perhaps not the candidates, for better pre-election coverage of their policies and profiles.

The Editor: May I congratulate Mayor Brodie on winning handily and all candidates who were successful on council and on the school board.