Opinion

The Editor, Re. "Limits would help with closure" (Face to Face, The Tri-City News, Oct. 28).

There is no danger of a Tea-Party style taxpayer revolt in Canada - at least for now.

FACE TO FACE: Should roadside shrines to the dead be allowed? Communities across North America are facing increasing pressures to regulate roadside memorials. There are some, like my colleague opposite, who think they are an eyesore and distraction.

FACE TO FACE: Should roadside shrines to the dead be allowed? Isupport the limiting of the ubiquitous roadside shrines we erect in memory of those who died at a particular intersection or on a certain stretch of highway.

Last week, more than 530,000 British Columbians practised "Drop, Cover and Hold On" techniques, simulating the proper behaviour in an earthquake. While it's hard to know how many Tri-City residents participated in the ShakeOut B.C. simulation on Oct.

The Editor, Re. "Taxes, union stance make vote decision" (Letters, The Tri-City News, Oct. 21).

The Editor, Re. "Labour group releases its list of endorsed candidates" (front page, The Tri-City News, Oct. 21). Thanks so much to The Tri-City News for your as usual stellar and detailed coverage of the local elections.

We find ourselves once again in the midst of the silly season, the five-week period that takes place in autumn every three years when your friends and neighbours shill for votes in an effort to win a seat on council or school board, or, in the case o

FACE TO FACE: Do the Occupy protesters have legitimate gripes in Canada? One thing that is evident from the media coverage of the Occupy protests is that protesters can't seem to agree on what they're protesting about.

FACE TO FACE: Do the Occupy protesters have legitimate gripes in Canada? The 1950s and '60s sitcom Leave it to Beaver depicted the trivial travails of an American one-income family.