Opinion

Earlier this week, Coquitlam city council voted to waste taxpayer money yet again.

K udos to Coquitlam city council for Monday's decision against accepting extended leaves of absence and opting instead for byelections to replace councillors - now MLAs - Linda Reimer and Selina Robinson. Well done, council, you got it right.

The Editor, I was walking my puppy down Fernway Street on Heritage Mountain in Port Moody on June 27 at about 8 p.m. when a coyote came up from behind and attacked my dog by the neck.

The Editor, I simply cannot understand the mentality of someone who would do this, especially in an area known for bear activity.

The Editor, With the recent, not-to-mention forthcoming, byelections at various levels of government, the problem of painfully low voter turnout returns to the fore.

A temporary shelter with success in housing homeless people has received a setback with Port Coquitlam's decision not to renew its permit.

E mail is a funny thing. You can have conversations with people anywhere in the world and develop a social relationship without ever seeing their faces or hearing their voices. Carol is such a person.

There's a new sheriff in town for BC Hydro and it didn't take long for the political range war to resume.

The Editor, Re. "Mayors oppose re ferendum" (The Tri-City News, July 3). I think a referendum is exactly what the people of the Lower Mainland need to finally come to a resolution on how to fund the woefully inadequate transit system.

It's good news that Port Coquitlam hometown hero and Canadian icon Terry Fox will be honoured with an exhibit at Canada's new Canadian Museum of History, now undergoing renovation and rebranding near Ottawa.