Opinion

FACE TO FACE: 'Tom-ay-to' or 'tom-ah-to'? 'Barbaric' or 'absolutely unacceptable'? The federal government's new citizenship guide warns newcomers to this country that customs such as "honour killings" and female genital mutilation are considered "bar

The Editor, Re. "Blue for a green reason" (The Tri-City News, March 25). As a federal election looms, can it be true Councillor-PC candidate Diana Dilworth scores a coup As Port Moody city hall trees are turned Tory blue? Jim Peacock, Port Moody

To Editor, Re. " Towering concerns" (The Tri-City News, March 30). I am glad Coquitlam city council has deferred the decision on the draft Austin Heights Neighbourhood Plan.

Canadian voters may not be ready to go to the polls for the third national election campaign in five years but they will - some of them, anyway - on May 2.

There's a new educational movement on the forefront in B.C. and it looks exciting.

The Editor, Re: "Coquitlam council rejects growth plan" (The Tri-City News, March 23).

It's not cheap to save a heritage home in the Tri-Cities. Anyone with the dream of saving a lovely older house from the wreckers needs a large line of credit or a lottery win.

PUBLIC UNIONS The Editor, Re. "Are public-sector unions the problem in government finances?" (Face to Face, The Tri-City News, March 25).

The Editor, It comes as no surprise that the emergency department physicians and nurses at Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) recently decided to enlist the adjacent Tim Hortons.

The Editor Wow! The Conservative candidate for New Westminster-Coquitlam, Diana Dilworth, was quick off the starting block for the next federal election. She must be clairvoyant.