Opinion

Are cuts to the federal food inspection services impacting food safety in Canada? Was the recent recall of meat with E. coli due to changes in inspection processes and/or staffing? Who knows? What we do know is that the E.

Years ago, after a delicious pub lunch in London, a friend declared that I was a good trencherman (in those days the suffix man was used for both sexes). I was baffled, associating the word with the trenches of World War I.

NDP leader Adrian Dix did something last week that is completely out of character for a B.C. political leader. He actually went out of his way to speak glowingly of his two rivals, Premier Christy Clark and B.C. Conservative leader John Cummins.

The Editor, As we observe World Teachers Day on Oct.

The Editor, Re: "Terra Nova created by many," Letters, Sept. 19. I was surprised to read Marion Smith's letter in your Sept.

The Editor, Residents of Richmond and the city council are still waiting to hear what fate awaits us with respect to the Vancouver Airport Fuel Facility Corporation (VAFFC) proposal.

The Editor, Re: "Young drivers suspected of street racing," News, Sept. 26.

The Editor, I am a Minoru park bunny. I was either born here or dropped off here. I thought my life in the park would be fun. Oh, but was I wrong. I am constantly hiding from the cruel attempts of kids and dogs chasing, harassing, and poking at me.

It's been 104 years this week since Sept. 27, 1908, the date that the first Model T rolled off the first modern assembly line. It marked one of the great changes in the way humans made things and interacted with the world.

The Editor, I have just arrived home after going into Steveston. Arriving at the crossing at the end of No. 1 Road, I wanted to turn left onto Moncton.