Opinion

The summer will soon be upon us and it will be time to put away those chunky sheepskin boots and move on to sandals and shorts and sunscreen.

We're paying through the nose for gas and soon we'll be paying more when the carbon tax jumps a penny on July 1 (and another next year). The idea is to make driving less palatable and encourage people to switch modes of transportation.

The Editor, Re. "Welcome. That will cost $50k" (The Tri-City News, May 18).

The Editor, Re. "Welcome. That will cost $50k" (The Tri-City News, May 18). To mayor and council: Is there some reason you spend a surplus? Perhaps good fiscal management got us to this place but that money does not need to be spent.

Don't be complacent about bears in the Tri-Cities. There here, they're hungry and your garbage is as good as fine dining for these omnivorous creatures.

The Editor, Re. "Welcome. That will cost $50k" (The Tri-City News, May 18). I can't believe that the city of Coquitlam is looking at ways on how to spend a $3.4 million surplus of taxpayers' money. I agree with Coun.

The Editor, Re. "Welcome. That will cost $50k" (The Tri-City News, May 18). This story is an indication of Coquitlam council's lack of common sense and understanding of transparency.

FACE TO FACE: Does court-ordered 'socialization' in Quebec case go too far? Of the countless buzzwords that flutter around the practice of child rearing, none currently surpasses "socialization" in its pervasiveness.

FACE TO FACE: Does court-ordered 'socialization' in Quebec case go too far? Quebec judge Nicole Bernier tossed a fox into the henhouse recently when she ordered that four home-schooled children be placed in public daycare and public school for "socia

School districts across the province, including School District 43 and Vancouver, are lengthening the school day and extending spring break by an extra week to save money.