Opinion

The Editor, Two Coquitlam councillors are heading to Victoria as a result of the recent provincial election. This certainly speaks to the quality of talent that makes up our elected city officials.

Coquitlam city politicians are undervaluing their jobs if they think they can do without two of eight councillors at the council and committee table from now until the next election 17 months away.

The Editor, Today, while attending the Royal Bank at Newport Village in Port Moody, I parked adjacent to the handicapped stall immediately in front of the bank.

Longboarding has come under public scrutiny after two young adults in West Vancouver swerved to avoid an oncoming vehicle and hit a truck, injuring themselves in the process.

M y colleague opposite and I want to weigh in on "Hotel Gate.

I n conversation with other parents, I'm often surprised to hear them express envy that my wife has been the caregiver of our two children for the past 12 years. "Oh, I wish I had the luxury to stay home with our children," some would say.

H otel Gate, Coquitlam's non-story, limps along into another week. I apologize in advance for my part in resuscitating it.

The Editor, As a paramedic, I have seen the living dead, the dying and death. And as a family member, I have felt the sorrow and agony of death. In the last several months, I have attended the funerals of a friend and a family member.

The Editor, My son and his friends love to longboard. Unfortunately, longboarding has garnered enough bad press of late to have media-frightened grownups lambast these 14-year-olds with profanities and threats to call the RCMP.

FACE TO FACE: Are 'dry grads' a good idea for getting kids to celebrate safely? I n high school, a lot of my friends used to spend their Saturday nights getting wasted and their Sunday mornings puking into a toilet.