Opinion

Authors say that when they're writing a story, the characters often take on a life of their own. Every now and then something similar happens to me with a word - suddenly I've written it, unaware of even having thought of it.

The Editor, Re: "Prioritizing hero worship," Editorial, Jan. 23. I take exception to your statement that the public desire for Lance Armstrong to be exonerated reflects on us as much as it does him.

You know a hundred reasons to quit smoking already, but for National Non-Smoking Week, here's another. Lung cancer migrates. It can spread, into the brain, into the glands, and into the bones.

This week, former seven-time Tour de France cycling champion Lance Armstrong finally admitted to the world what most of us had already concluded - he cheated. Officially, the evidence had been stacked up for a while.

Open letter to council, I am writing this as an open letter to Richmond City Council and my fellow Richmond residents. The time is closing fast on the decision for the jet fuel pipeline.

Either by design or out of exasperation, Premier Christy Clark is starting to seem quite frustrated with her chief opponent's rope-a-dope tactics on the political stage.

The Editor, Re: "Notoriously stinky fruit evacuates Yaohan Centre," News, Jan. 18.

Open letter to Environment Minister Terry Lake and Minister of Energy and Mines, Rich Coleman, Please consider this advice before you make any rash decision that results in an intolerable level of safety and societal risk, on whether or not to approv

The Editor, Re: "Farmers' convoy rolls up to city hall," News, Jan. 18. The strongest claim I can make to be a tiny branch of the Richmond farmers' family tree is that since 1978 I have been living in Richmond. My children grew up in Richmond.

You will never hear a word of criticism from Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue volunteers against the federal government that grudgingly pays to gas their boats.