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Touchy-feely system out of touch with real world

Touchy-feely system out of touch with real world

Editor: Re: Do letter grades have a place in our technological world?, Community Comment, Jan. 22 Welcome to B.C.'s new touchy-feely education system: No more letter grades and nobody fails and everybody feels wonderful ...
Drivers facing continuous changes to speed limits

Drivers facing continuous changes to speed limits

Editor: Has anyone noticed the speed limit signs on new Highway 17 and Highway 17A between 56th Street and Ladner Trunk Road? Driving northbound from 56th Street, the posted limit is 80 km/h.
Lack of bureaucrat communication leads to money wasted on fence

Lack of bureaucrat communication leads to money wasted on fence

Editor: I have watched, with great despair I must add, the waste of my tax dollars for a fence relocation at Diefenbaker Park in Tsawwassen. The fence was installed a year or so ago, but had to be removed recently when Delta widened 56th Street.
Project Pickle shows kids how slice makes its way to burger

Project Pickle shows kids how slice makes its way to burger

I can't remember the last time I have had to fill up my bird bath in January three or four times! Usually there is enough water around to float a boat in my backyard and although we have had a few storms this month, this latest weather spell is makin
Alternate route is a godsend

Alternate route is a godsend

It might take you out of your way, and lengthen your commute, but last Friday showed there's a definite silver lining to the South Fraser Perimeter Road.
Outsiders shouldn't call shots

Outsiders shouldn't call shots

Maybe it's just me, but I find it rather offensive that regional politicians can tell their colleagues in Delta what is and isn't appropriate when it comes to land use in these parts.
Do letter grades have a place in our technological world?

Do letter grades have a place in our technological world?

The Surrey school district recently announced it was going to test a new system for evaluating children's academic progress, and do away with letter grades. At first, I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
Seeing right through delay in hospital X-ray reports

Seeing right through delay in hospital X-ray reports

Editor: Everyone keeps saying we are so lucky to have a hospital so close, but so far we don't feel so lucky. Being a pediatric nurse at B.C.
Negotiate tangible 'wins'

Negotiate tangible 'wins'

Editor: Re: Community must unite to get best deal for Delta, letter to the editor, Jan. 15 It was helpful to read Peter Guichon's letter detailing the historical compromises local farmers have had to endure.
Nothing says vacation like a visit to Prairies in November

Nothing says vacation like a visit to Prairies in November

Last fall while on a sabbatical from this column, my wife and I took our daughter and her two children on the Prairies section of our grandchildren's North American odyssey.