Opinion

Thanks to our anatomy, 10 was a common unit. But when people counted beyond 10, the words sometimes followed a different pattern.

Dear Editor, Re: “Mom wants girl honoured,” News Oct. 28. What’s in a name?
The City of Richmond should be ashamed of itself regarding its apparent policy dealing with the naming of civic facilities.

Dear Editor, I strongly believe that the legal age to vote for federal elections should be lowered to the age of 16. I am currently 14 and I do keep up to date with the political world more than some adults I know.

Dear Editor, Lucky us! We are given 60 minutes this weekend. It only happens once a year! Sixty, free minutes to do with whatever you will.

Dear Editor, Our street is now precisely bifurcated: one half has modest middle-class homes with neighbours who know, interact, and look out for each other, and the other half, which is made-up of pseudo-mansions that are either perpetually empty, fu

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my gratitude and respect to the good people of Richmond! Last Tuesday, Oct. 20, I had lunch at the food court at Lansdowne Centre with several old friends.

Dear Editor, Re: “Grocery store option coming to Steveston,” News Oct. 21 I believe that having another grocery store in Steveston would be extremely beneficial for some of the new residents living in the Steveston area.

Moving — it’s one of those life events often faced with equal measure of fear/loathing and hope/inspiration. The matter is top of mind for those of us at the Richmond News, as last Friday was moving day.

Dear Editor, Richmond sends 500 houses a year to the dump. That is 20 per cent of the demolition permit activity in Metro Vancouver and translates into 70,000 tons of trash in the Vancouver Landfill. The situation is not sustainable, so on Oct.

Dear Editor, It has been reported that 1,792 candidates put forward their names for public office for 338 seats in the recent federal election.