Opinion

FACE TO FACE: What is 'small business' and does it even matter? My colleague on the other side of the page has long grumbled that politicians and pundits are obsessed with small business.

FACE TO FACE: What is 'small business' and does it even matter? I'm tired of genuflecting to small business.

It may seem unsophisticated to the point of uselessness but Coquitlam's green can program will help reduce conflicts with bears and other animals if it is used properly, the city's Bear Aware co-ordinator says.

Close family and friends, co-workers, acquaintances and even a few unlucky strangers will attest to the fact that I am a vocal advocate of non-smoking, a major pest, in fact, to those who won't quit this stinky, disease-causing habit.

The Editor, Re. "Man attacked, bear killed" (The Tri-City News, Aug. 10). I am dismayed by the bear shooting in Anmore as a result of its attack on one of its residents.

The Editor, Re. "Voting machine fight gets ugly in Anmore" (The Tri-City News, Aug. 10). I want to thank reporter Todd Coyne for taking the time to present a balanced view of the voting machine issue in Anmore.

The Editor, I am writing about what I feel is a dangerous intersection. The intersection of Moray Street and St. Johns Street in Port Moody has become dangerous to pedestrians trying to cross.

Commentators worried that Canadians will go on a spending spree if interest rates stay steady or decline needn't worry.

FACE TO FACE:Should schools continue to teach 'joined-up' writing? Awizened, silver-haired woman sucks back a Red Bull, held in her age-spotted left hand.

FACE TO FACE: Should schools continue to teach 'joined-up' writing? The trouble in all too many of our modern schools, says a favourite writer of mine, "is that the State, being controlled so specially by the few, allows cranks and experiments to go