Opinion

There's a new radio ad coming at you through the ether, zipping about as electromagnetic waves. When it hits an antenna, it resolves into sound, then into concentrated political horse hooey.

The Editor, As a Steveston resident, and taking a non-partisan view for both pedestrians and drivers, I support the Steveston scramble at Moncton Street and No. 1 Road.

The Editor, Re "Richmond councillors want say on farmland fill," News, Jan. 23. Thanks to farmer Ray Galawan, with excellent support from the Richmond community, the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) acted on Jan.

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.