Opinion

Dear Editor, It is time for all those responsible for public transit to upgrade the safety and security of bus passengers, as well as drivers. Currently, there does not appear to be any policy when it comes to dedicated lighting at bus stops.

Dear Editor, Re: “Donation bins to be regulated,” News Jan. 20. The City of Richmond has proposed new bylaws to govern donation bins in Richmond.

Dear Editor, Richmond has become a consummate example of how an obsession with and acquiescence to financial and investment capital and gain has been allowed to subsume our concern for preserving our community’s cultural capital.

Dear Editor, Re: “Council wants new, improved tunnel,” News , Jan. 20.

A day doesn’t go by that I don’t pinch myself to make sure I still have a job in journalism. Wednesday was no exception as we learned Postmedia, owner of most of Canada’s mainstream dailies, is laying off 90 staff.

Dear Editor, I recently visited the new McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Vancouver Airport mall and was very impressed to see properly marked accessible parking spots.

Dear Editor, The person(s) who went out of their way to dump their trash on farmland have no regard for the beautiful place we live in or the fact food is grown there. I can’t figure out how someone could think this act was acceptable.

Dear Editor, Re: “Board looks at schools in high-rises,” News , Jan. 13. I don’t envy our school trustees as they plan for the future of our city’s students in these unprecedented times.

Retired VPD member Andy Hobbs says local control of a police force is the norm for a city the size of Richmond

Dear Editor, Our farming community needs us. I usually think in rational arguments, reasoned bullet points nicely arranged to form an opinion about protecting ecological and community values.