Opinion

The Editor, Re: Face to Face: Is cross-border shopping un-Canadian or understandable? Sept. 27 edition. I faithfully go down once every month and shop. My main reason for shopping in Bellingham is that here you can not buy the things I shop for.

The Editor, Re: Public bus approved for Chilliwack-Abbotsford-Langley route. I'm thrilled, I really am, but what we really need is some way for people to get between Mission and Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows directly.

The Editor, Since moving here a year-and-a-half ago my wife and I have often enjoyed a walk to Rocky Point Park in the evening. When we first went, there was a musician at the entrance to the dock playing an amplified guitar.

Coquitlam is moving ahead on its vision to make the city a livable one while still providing affordable housing and connecting with transit.

The Editor, I believe I am one of many who are very disappointed with the stand taken by B.C. Premier Christy Clark with respect to the Riverview lands.

The Editor, I was extremely disappointed to find out that the Heat Shelter in Port Coquitlam will not be opened as planned this fall/winter due to a number of issues.

Are you ready for a ban on food scraps in garbage by 2015? The planned ban on organics is a problem that Metro Vancouver politicians are trying to grapple with, weighing the cost of exempting older apartments from the ban and letting private operator

The Pattullo Bridge may be with us a lot longer, given the split over what would be the best option for replacing it.

C ross border-shopping accounts for up to 20% of Bellingham's business. It's too bad. Cross border-shopping hurts Canadian businesses.

I know this is going to be unpopular but I'm just going to come out and say it: Cross-border shoppers are unpatriotic.