Opinion

Editor: My wife and I own two vehicles plus two motorcycles and a trailer. ICBC got an 11 per cent increase in 2012, 4.9 per cent in 2013 and it is asking for another five per cent for 2014. For our (retired) family, this gets damned expensive.

Editor: Re: November is creating little buzz, Murphy's Law, Sept. 3 I read Ted Murphy's editorial with some dismay.

Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to thank Ken Kuntz and his staff at Delta Parks and Recreation for their assistance in making this year's Tsawwassen Sun Festival a success.

Editor: Re: Settling monetary issues isn't this hard unless it's personal, Community Comment, Sept. 3 Hooray for Tom Siba. He has correctly identified the elephant in the room that many are unable to see.

Looking for new ways to entertain your kids over the coming weeks? Drop by the Museum for the fall line-up of hands-on programs.

Delta - Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to advise my constituents that the legislative finance committee will be holding public consultations on the 2015 provincial budget.

Editor: Re: It's time for a crowded waterfront, Murphy's Law, Aug. 20 Ladner's waterfront has been the subject since its inception over a 100 years ago as a fishing and farming centre.

Editor: Re: Labour Day messages, Aug. 29 We all need money to survive and have some to spare in the future, so it is baffling whenever intransigent union leaders utter the word "profit" with disdain.

Here we are again - fall is upon us, the PNE has come and gone, it's been raining, summer flowers are past their glory and - wait - kids are NOT back in school. Good grief, what's going on? Indeed, what is going on? The strike continues and the B.C.

With the first week of school now lost and no end in sight to the teachers' dispute, the government remains firm that it won't legislate an end to the labour unrest.