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School district chair warns Education Ministry to keep hands off $26 million

School district chair warns Education Ministry to keep hands off $26 million

Open letter from Richmond School District chair Donna Sargent to Education Minister Peter Fassbender
End the clawbacks

End the clawbacks

Richmond - The Editor, Re: "Low-income families feel province's uncompassionate pinch," Column, April 18.
Lingyen members deserve praise

Lingyen members deserve praise

Richmond - The Editor, My family came to this great nation from Scotland in 1883 and settled in the Richmond area known as Lulu Island. We have been here for four generations.
Whale-watching - from a tanker

Whale-watching - from a tanker

North Pacific humpbacks whales are no longer members of a threatened species... according to the federal government, which last weekend announced the Species at Risk Act would be amended to reclassify the whales as a "species of special concern.
B.C. Liberals look beyond Lower Mainland for direction

B.C. Liberals look beyond Lower Mainland for direction

With the legislature not in session this past week, Premier Christy Clark paid a visit to the political epicenter of her government. No, not her hometown of Vancouver, but Kelowna, B.C.'s "City of Premiers.
Councillor sorry for roping religion into debate

Councillor sorry for roping religion into debate

Comments were made at a planning committee meeting
Life's too short to text

Life's too short to text

Richmond - The Editor, You are taken out for dinner by your mom and dad. You sit there bored, while waiting for your dinner to arrive.So you sit there and text your friends on your expensive all-purpose phone, probably paid for by your parents.
Questions for ICBC

Questions for ICBC

Richmond - The Editor, Re: "Thousands of 'illegal' Chinese drivers on the road," News, April 9.
Bringing roads into disrepute

Bringing roads into disrepute

Richmond - The Editor, Re: "Thousands of 'illegal' Chinese drivers on the road," News, April 9.
Are all drivers above average?

Are all drivers above average?

Iam not a great driver. I think I am getting better, though. I am trying, and working on a few things. For example, when I make right-hand turns, I am forcing myself to do a quick shoulder check.