Opinion

It has received a significant amount of media attention, but will the aboriginal protest group known as Idle No More achieve any significant gains, other than raising public awareness of the pressing problems facing many aboriginal communities? It's

The Editor, December 24 was the morning I went to emergency at Richmond Hospital. Having a heart beat of 190 sealed my fate that I was staying awhile. So began my week-long adventure in Richmond's hospital.

The Editor, Re: "Sign doesn't belong in park," Letters Dec. 28. I wholeheartedly agree with the letter in regards to Onni's sense of entitlement by advertising in Garry Point Park. Thank you Mr. Johnson for your insightful letter.

I've been celebrating the holidays by watching and re-watching some of the old Universal horror classics. Nothing goes down as easy as a big glass of egg nog and a double feature of Frankenstein and Creature From the Black Lagoon.

The Editor, Re: "Icon still outperforms others," DriveTime, Dec. 28. As a Porsche enthusiast myself, I quite enjoyed the article from Mr. David Chao on Dec. 28.

The Editor, Re: "Dredging will help business flow," Letters, Dec. 28. The maintenance of some of the side channels of the Fraser River is important for some marine oriented businesses such as that in Cannery Channel in Steveston.

The Editor, Dear friends and supporters of the Richmond Food Bank: As 2012 came to an end, it is a good time to look back on our successes and look forward to make sure that we are still "on track.

Most of the world now marks the beginning of each new year as the first day of January. Although, like all of the other dates still held as new starts by a number of cultures, it's really quite arbitrary from a cosmological point of view.

The Editor, Along with billions of people, I strive to understand my role and purpose in life. My efforts are helped by reflecting on principles that make sense of human reality.

The media is full of recaps of the year's past events, so rather than add another repetitive article to that collection I thought it would might be more interesting to look at what lies ahead.