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LETTER: Another voice on the Fremont connector

LETTER: Another voice on the Fremont connector

The Editor, The planned route of the Fremont connector is becoming a hot topic on the northside of Port Coquitlam - and rightly so.
LETTER: Gov't decision to shut down Burrard 'stupid'

LETTER: Gov't decision to shut down Burrard 'stupid'

The Editor, Shutting down Burrard Thermal is a very stupid decision by the BC Liberals. The plant is strategically located at the province's load centre and can provide 900 MW of firm power for emergencies and peaking.
EDITORIAL: Tracking immunization schedule not an easy task

EDITORIAL: Tracking immunization schedule not an easy task

P arents of babies and younger children have another job to put on their to-do list: get their child vaccinated.
EDITORIAL: Chafer beetles running amok

EDITORIAL: Chafer beetles running amok

They are no bigger than a dime but they are transforming the landscape in Port Coquitlam, Coquitlam and Port Moody. Are they bulldozers run amok? No - they are chafer beetles.
LETTER: Who really wants gov't to build the Site C dam?

LETTER: Who really wants gov't to build the Site C dam?

The Editor, With a three-year drought in California, only snow melt and no rain in Hudson's Hope this spring and the warmest and driest May in recorded history in B.C.
LETTER: Will new community mailboxes be secure?

LETTER: Will new community mailboxes be secure?

The Editor, Re: "Mail theft hits Plateau family" (The Tri-City News, Feb. 4) Sometime in the next four years, door-to-door mail delivery will cease in the Tri-Cities. It will be replaced by service to new community mailboxes.
LETTER: Port Moody should reconsider its position on pesticides

LETTER: Port Moody should reconsider its position on pesticides

The Editor, Re. "PM won't do pesticides to battle beetles" ( The Tri-City News , Jan. 16) It's not surprising to hear Mayor Mike Clay is having second thoughts about Port Moody's ban on urban pesticides.
LETTER: Let there be lights

LETTER: Let there be lights

The Editor, Re. "Put lights where they're needed" (Letters, The Tri-City News, Jan. 30). Mr. Paone is quite correct that the engineering staff are spending a lot of our tax dollars in micro-managing traffic control in PoCo areas.
LETTER: Transit plan needs to consider light rail

LETTER: Transit plan needs to consider light rail

The Editor, One has to shake their head with the Metro Vancouver congestion tax referendum, as clearly the Metro mayors haven't a clue what they are talking about.
EDITORIAL: Is a new amphitheatre a good use of tax dollars?

EDITORIAL: Is a new amphitheatre a good use of tax dollars?

C oquitlam doesn't have a lot of special event space for large outdoor gatherings and so it's no surprise that it's planning to build an amphitheater on the shores of Lafarge Lake. And why not? It's got the money.