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Districts sail into eye of potentially costly storm

Districts sail into eye of potentially costly storm

Editor: Getting a read on young students, April 3 The unsinkable B.C. education system has been steaming ahead through rough waters packed with dangerous budgetary icebergs.
Hockey fans quick to forgive

Hockey fans quick to forgive

As far as holding grudges goes, this one isn't going terribly well.
Children's jackets weren't part of Spring Clean-Up pile

Children's jackets weren't part of Spring Clean-Up pile

Editor: Last Saturday we were putting out our items to be picked up Monday for Spring Clean-Up. My kids came inside for lunch and left their jackets on the front lawn (nowhere near the clean-up pile). They came out to find them gone.
Publicly funded child care system is vital to society

Publicly funded child care system is vital to society

Editor: Re: What's best for children is not a $10 a day daycare program, Community Comment, April 3 Brad Sherwin is quite right by saying you should only have a Lamborghini if you can afford to operate it, but is he saying that children are now a lux
Crossing all about ships

Crossing all about ships

Editor: I am absolutely amazed at the number of people who believe the provincial government is proposing the replacement of the George Massey Tunnel with the intention of benefiting those of us south of the Fraser River.
Voices need to be heard as tunnel options considered

Voices need to be heard as tunnel options considered

Editor: The fate of the George Massey Tunnel is of special interest to all Richmond residents. Not all the traffic that uses this route passes through Richmond on Highway 99.
Friendly or not, dogs should be kept on leash in parks

Friendly or not, dogs should be kept on leash in parks

"He's FRENNNNNDLEEEEE!!!" The words cut through the tranquil spring air like a Saturday-morning alarm clock you forgot to turn off, but without the reward that goes with it when you suddenly realize it's the weekend.
Minister's Minute

Minister's Minute

Everyday resurrection "Waking the dead" is something that I have added to my resume. Actually it happens regularly (and you perhaps thought it only happened in Bible stories). It takes commitment, team work, time and attention to wake the dead.
Guilty feel when curb cluttered

Guilty feel when curb cluttered

It's becoming a guilty pleasure.
Extend SkyTrain and forget about new crossing

Extend SkyTrain and forget about new crossing

Editor: We do not need a new tunnel, just give us a SkyTrain connection, similar to New Westminster to Surrey, and run it from the Bridgeport or Brighouse stations to B.C.