Opinion

Kudos to Premier Christy Clark. Whether it's a move to help secure her own upcoming by-election or a genuine ability to listen to the people she serves, the fact is Clark has done the right thing on pay raises.

The Editor, Re: "City eyes $110 million rebuild," News, June 19.

The province's MLAs take their place in the legislature this week, and 34 of them come back into the house with a giant dark cloud hovering over them.

Many doctors' offices have a litany of posters lining their reception and examining rooms - so many in fact that the average reader would have difficulty discerning what is most important.

Teaching someone what is appropriate, what is not

The Editor, To put it mildly there is something a bit bizarre about the figures Mayor Brodie keeps touting about his beloved "Owe-Val." First of all, he claims 600,000 tourists visited the Owe-Val last year.

The Editor, I read with much excitement that our Richmond Oval has made a " profit"! Of course, such positive news makes one wish to do Olympic-calibre cartwheels and is more evidence that the ancient art of creative accounting is alive and well.

The Langley Relay for Life is here, and with it a host of reasons to again support the cause of cancer research. I was recently privileged to meet Jack and Malcolm Shields.

It is abundantly clear that not all land uses are created equal. Pressure is being brought to bear throughout the Lower Mainland in an effort to ensure our finite amount of real estate is put to what is often characterized as its best or highest use.

The Editor, There's a great Anne Murray song called, A Little Good News, with the words, "There's the local newspaper rolled up in a rubber band - one more sad story, is one more than I can stand.