Opinion

The Editor, The new houses being built around Richmond seem to be getting bigger more outrageous. I live in a 45-year-old townhouse. My parents bought it because it has a south facing backyard that gets lots of sun.

The Editor, The scene: Steveton's beautiful main boardwalk with a beautiful pathway beside the Fraser River and an open park with children laughing and families smiling.

The Editor, Re: "Survey response poor in Richmond," News, Sept. 28. You wrote about the poor response from Richmond to this survey. It isn't apathy, there are good reasons not to respond. Let me explain: 1.

The newly released Official Community Plan (OCP) Moving Toward Sustainability is an exciting document that will guide the city toward 2041.

My husband played professional football with a guy who was famous for his one-line locker room wisdoms. The two that I remember were, "You can't save 'em" and "Give 'em what they need, not what they want.

The Editor, Re: "Richmond reaches out to homeless," News, Sept. 21. I personally think that it is a noble cause for Richmond people to help their homeless citizens.

JUST as words can hurt, so too can they heal, and there are few phrases that soothe bruised feelings more quickly than the words "I'm sorry.

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.