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Hunt the elusive 1967 Beetle

Hunt the elusive 1967 Beetle

There's bacon at large in British Columbia. As of last week, it's now legal (if you have a hunting licence, etc.) to hunt down feral pigs anywhere in the province.
Give consumers credit where it's due

Give consumers credit where it's due

Richmond - The Editor, Re: "Another curbside shuffle is on its way," News, March 28.Regarding this article about recycling, I would like to point out some things: There will be another container for glass issued.
Privileged plates cause suffering

Privileged plates cause suffering

Richmond - The Editor, Food Security - Where art thou? At every meal I marvel at the fantastic selection of foods available to me from myriad countries around the world but I am abashed when I consider the number of human beings that labour around th
Opposing philosophies not so different

Opposing philosophies not so different

So is the B.C.
Penny wise pound foolish seniors centre

Penny wise pound foolish seniors centre

Richmond - The Editor, Where is the respect? A group of seniors who have supported the Richmond Seniors Society for years is going to lose their bingo night over a $10 licence? Really? What an odd coincidence that just as the seniors decide to protes
Tangled wires

Tangled wires

If you're planning to get a new wireless phone contract this year, it's going to cost you more as the Big Three providers -Rogers, Bell and Telus -have all upped their rates by $5 per month since January.
Urbanism requires mental shift

Urbanism requires mental shift

Go to a council meeting anywhere in the outer ring of Metro Vancouver these days, and you'll hear some of the same words over and over again. Density. On-street parking. Multi-family housing. Transit. Bike lanes.
Act falls short of fair elections

Act falls short of fair elections

"Everything old will become new again." That old saying is self-fulfilling, and is especially true in politics. Majority governments can use their numbers to their own advantage in our democracy, but that doesn't make it right.
Free speech shouldn't mean exile

Free speech shouldn't mean exile

Richmond - The Editor, I am writing in response to the letter written by Mr. Filtness on March 19, 2014. It is entitled "Don't like Canada? There's the door." With all due respect, I would have to disagree with the statements that he made.
Only Natives have a claim

Only Natives have a claim

Richmond - The Editor, Re: "Don't like Canada?" Letters, March 19.Mr. Filtness, we all should remember that everyone, except our indigenous peoples, are immigrants in Canada.It does not matter when or which part of the world we came from.