Opinion

The Editor, Re: "Pipeline best option: VAFFC," Letters, Feb. 1. The letter in the News by Mr. Pollard promotes sending tankers of toxic and highly flammable jet fuel into the Fraser River.

This week, the federal Conservatives moved in a direction Canadians have yet to see them go - backwards. The government announced it would kill its much-reviled Bill C-30, better known as the Internet surveillance bill.

The Editor, There are 7,000 people throughout the province who have an inherited risk of fainting or dying suddenly from an abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) - often this is only discovered through an event like fainting.

I don't think I understand the debate over a regional police force for Metro Vancouver. Well, I understand part of the debate.

A recent BMO Financial Group study says three-quarters of Canadians with an RRSP have made or plan to make a contribution before the deadline. Unfortunately, 60 per cent find it stressful. Contributing to an RRSP doesn't need to be traumatic.

My Dearest Arthur, You don't need to buy me diamonds, give me chocolates, bring me flowers. I just want to spend my days with you, all the minutes, all the hours. Put your arms around me. Let me feel your warm embrace. Whisper softly to me.

In such a short amount of time, we've been through so much. I'm so proud of you and everything you have overcome. I've never met a kinder and more thoughtful person, and you truly push me to be my best.

On every Boxing Day as far back as I can remember, my maternal aunts, uncles and cousins have gathered not just to celebrate Christmas but also family. This year was the first time my dear Auntie Marj wasn't there. She passed away on Jan.

To G., She had me when I first looked into her eyes. I became 15 again, all googly-eyed and full of mush. Not the image for a grown man. Her eyes were green and then they were blue, all depending on how the light hit her.

While the two major political parties garner most of the attention in this province, I wonder whether other parties and independent candidates will have a larger impact on May's election than anything we've seen recently.