Opinion

The Editor, Re: "Justice shoudn't defend niqab," Letters, Jan. 16. It is amazing that The Canadian Supreme Court is ignorant of the fact that the wearing of the niqab, burka, etc.

The Editor, I am a retired member of the RCMP and a permanent resident of Richmond since 1971. I worked at Richmond for about four and a half years during the '70s, and again for four years during the '80s.

When you see words like weird, disturbing, or oddball, you can be sure that the word Florida is not far off. If the 50 states were kids in elementary school, Florida would be the one who would eat a dead slug for a nickel.

Most people never achieve their financial dreams. Why? In many cases, it's because they never understand how long-term wealth is created.

Letter to Sabine Eiche, Re: "Keeping local history alive," Community, Jan. 11. There's a page on Facebook called "You grew up in Richmond, BC if you remember.

The Editor, Let me get this straight: Harper's puppets in Parliament plan to spend $870,000 on a 200th birthday gig for Sir John A. Macdonald, who certainly won't attend the soirée, seeing as he has been dead since June 1891.

There is a local jewelry designer named Andrea Waines who is known for hand stamping inspirational quotes onto small prisms of sterling silver.

Personal statistics show conventional cable TV still the pricier option

The Editor, Re: "Ferry tales of woe," Editorial, Jan. 9. The looming crisis at BC Ferries is something we all need to think about. It will affect you, even if you never use them.

The Mount Seymour Parkway crash that sent a 70year-old pedestrian to hospital this week was doubtless unintentional, small consolation though that may be.