Opinion

The Editor, With the provincial election results almost finalized, it appears there will finally be real consideration of limiting, if not banning, union and corporate donations in B.C. elections.

Do you ever get the feeling that in the age of the smart phone, your attention span has been depleted so much that it’s hard to concentrate long enough to complete simple tasks like performing lasagna surgery or cooking brains?

The implementation of the foreign buyers tax last summer appears to have barely made a dent on Tri-City home prices despite the fact that last-minute deals before the Aug. 1 deadline made up nearly 12% of all real estate transactions.

Prices for homes still rising despite foreign home buyers tax

The Editor, Re. “Fund tops $60,000 for families of two young cousins killed in crash” (The Tri-City News, May 5).

The Editor, Re. “Mayor blames provincial downloading for PoCo’s increased firefighting costs” (The Tri-City News, May 5).

The Editor, Re. “First, they came for Coronation Park…” (Letters, The Tri-City News, April 28).

Demographics tell the story of a prosperous, generous community

Voters in the Tri-Cities heading out in droves to take advantage of multiple voting days

The Editor, I recently spent my morning picking up litter tossed with apparent abandon in the greenbelt off Heffley Crescent in Coquitlam’s Town Centre.