Opinion

The Editor, Re. "Different idea for Riverview" (The Tri-City News, Oct. 1). Herschel Hardin's vision for Riverview won't work.

The Editor, Re. "Province looks at big numbers at B.C. city halls" (BC Views, The Tri-City News, Oct. 1).

Thanks to a new texting platform started by the I Am Someone Ending Bullying Society, with funding from Telus, high school students dealing with bullying and other abuse can easily get help from BC211 via a simple text.

M urray Smith, a former Alberta cabinet minister in the Ralph Klein government - the one that privatized government liquor stores and licence registries in 1993 - once told me about a side benefit of such divestments (and I paraphrase): fewer distrac

The Editor, We walk our dog at the power line and field behind Citadel middle and Hazel Trembath elementary school in Port Coquitlam.

They walk in groups or alone, often wearing dark clothing, paying no heed to their surroundings. You might see them out of the corner of your eye, then they seem to disappear into the darkness. Zombies? No, pedestrians.

The Editor, Re. "Five more running" (The Tri-City News, Oct. 1). Coun. Rosemary Small has announced her candidacy for re-election by vowing to preserve the "small-town feel" of Port Moody.

The Editor, Re. "Fraser hospitals are screening for ebola" (The Tri-City News, Oct. 3). What hypocrisy from our medical health officer to say ebola risk is low but some infections are expected.

S ixteen-year-olds shouldn't be expected to vote. I know, lederhosen-clad Austrian 16-year-olds and their Brazilian counterparts vote, as do young teens on British islands named after cows (Jersey and Guernsey).

Are homes in the Tri-Cities getting too big? That is the question Coquitlam council is grappling with after city staff put together a Large Homes Review.