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Animals need our voices

Animals need our voices

Surrey - The Editor, Thank you to the many people who have been calling in to the BCSPCA to report pets left in vehicles during the current hot spell.
Education standards authority required

Education standards authority required

White Rock - The Editor, The current impasse between the teachers and the province reminds me of my experiences during the 1990s and early 2000s advocating for adults with severe mental illnesses - two outwardly appearing as rational parties taking w
'Exclusive' storm over land title on the horizon?

'Exclusive' storm over land title on the horizon?

Well, that didn't take long. Recently, I wrote that, while the Supreme Court of Canada decision granting aboriginal title didn't mean the sky was falling, there would certainly be stormy times ahead.
Attitude to break-ins blasé

Attitude to break-ins blasé

Richmond - The Editor, I live in an apartment with my family in downtown Richmond and last Sunday morning I discovered that both of my vehicles' windows had been smashed and my cars broken into.
Stupid is as stupid does

Stupid is as stupid does

People do stupid things sometimes. That doesn't necessarily mean they are stupid people... it just means practically everyone does something once in awhile that can get them into serious - and unnecessary - trouble.
Beware of rules

Beware of rules

Richmond - The Editor, On Thursday July 10, my wife and I had a double appointment with an ophthalmic physician and surgeon at Central Square in Richmond We were advised it would take one and a half hours.
Students underfunded - a fact

Students underfunded - a fact

Richmond - Open letter to Linda Reid, MLA, This past school year I taught a child, who because of deficits in his/her ability to process receptive and expressive language, scored in the first percentile for his/her age range.
Buzz kill

Buzz kill

It's time to talk about the birds and the bees. Unfortunately, the facts of life aren't all sunny these days. Bee colonies across North America are dying off in shocking numbers.
COLUMN: Rare weather can heat things up

COLUMN: Rare weather can heat things up

The weather can get you killed. We don't worry too much about tornadoes in this neck of the woods. About all we get around here is the odd dust devil... which admittedly, sometimes can throw up enough dust to irritate the eyes.
Greener pastures

Greener pastures

In 2010, marijuana legalization activist Marc Emery was handed a fiveyear jail sentence in a Seattle courtroom for selling seeds that grow into the cannabis plant.