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RCMP needs change, but still our best option

RCMP needs change, but still our best option

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.
Two wrongs make a right in Florida

Two wrongs make a right in Florida

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.
Rethink the way you invest

Rethink the way you invest

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

Sharing Richmond memories

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.
Rethink priorities, Harper

Rethink priorities, Harper

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.
Learning to wonder

Learning to wonder

There is a local jewelry designer named Andrea Waines who is known for hand stamping inspirational quotes onto small prisms of sterling silver.
Calculating the cost of cord cutting in 2012

Calculating the cost of cord cutting in 2012

Personal statistics show conventional cable TV still the pricier option
Solution for BC Ferries

Solution for BC Ferries

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.
Hands-free isn't enough

Hands-free isn't enough

The Mount Seymour Parkway crash that sent a 70year-old pedestrian to hospital this week was doubtless unintentional, small consolation though that may be.
Justice shouldn't defend Niqab

Justice shouldn't defend Niqab

The Editor, Re: "Veil lifted on fairness," Editorial, Dec. 28. We are repeatedly informed that the wearing of the Niqab is not a dictate from the Quran.