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EDITORIAL: Exchange rates

EDITORIAL: Exchange rates

School’s now out for the summer. But not before the province delivered some end-of-term lessons in where its values lay.
BALDREY: Electioneering starts well before writ drops

BALDREY: Electioneering starts well before writ drops

The looming federal election is already shaping up to be one of the most intriguing, interesting and historical contests in decades.
LETTER: Story inspires

LETTER: Story inspires

Dear Editor: It is heartwarming, bringing tears to my eyes, to read such an article as I read this morning en route to work: Dodging Logs and Chasing Dreams (June 21), the inspiring story about Andy White overcoming obstacles in order to fulfill his
LETTER: Thanks for finding Pi

LETTER: Thanks for finding Pi

Dear Editor: I was and am again the “human in charge” of Pi, the blue budgie featured in your break-out budgie story in the (June 17) edition. Pi made a dash for the door as I was opening it and he flew into the Seymour River forest May 31.
EDITORIAL: Dough-nation

EDITORIAL: Dough-nation

Alberta’s newly minted NDP Premier Rachel Notley has passed her first piece of legislation — a bill that will halt donations from unions and corporations.
LETTER: 'Dumb' headline discounts a not-so-bad suggestion

LETTER: 'Dumb' headline discounts a not-so-bad suggestion

Dear Editor: Re: Dumb & Dumber , June 17 Viewpoint A very disrespectful headline in reference to the idea that Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner’s idea of forcing gangsters who don’t co-operate with police to pay their own medical bills.
LETTER: Too many rentals leaving Lynn Valley

LETTER: Too many rentals leaving Lynn Valley

Dear Editor: Re: Affordable Housing issue Aired at Public Hearing , June 19 news story Lynn Valley has been my home most of my life — from the decrepit 2931 Mountain Hwy.
JAMES: Municipalities under auditor's microscope

JAMES: Municipalities under auditor's microscope

“This office is going to make a difference for B.C. families by making sure local governments are maximizing (value for) taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars…the bottom line is that it’s about accountability to taxpayers.
LETTER: Fare evaders' sense of entitlement worthy of Red Chamber

LETTER: Fare evaders' sense of entitlement worthy of Red Chamber

Dear Editor: Your recent editorial (Worth Addressing, June 12) echoed the now common complaints about our Senators’ spending habits and their sense of entitlement after an audit turned up less than $1 million in questionable expenses — not even a dec
EDITORIAL: All things old

EDITORIAL: All things old

If you build it, they will leave. That’s the message from roughly 200 people who face eviction from Mountain Court, an aged but affordable building of rental units in Lynn Valley now up for redevelopment.