Opinion

Is taking the ferry to Vancouver Island and back getting too expensive? Many B.C. mayors think so and on Wednesday, they voted to ask the province to roll back fare hikes that were implemented to cover rising costs and dwindling revenues.

When it comes to leadership, the men and women on city councils in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody, the School District 43 board of education, and village councils in Anmore and Belcarra, have shown plenty.

The Editor, Re. "Mariner Way truck route talk" (The Tri-City News, Sept. 10).

The Editor, Re. "Clay & Royer to face off in PoMo" (The Tri-City News, Sept. 5).

The Editor, Well, here we are at the end of hot summer and knocking on autumn's door. Just as seasons come and go for people, so do seasons change for bears.

I magine: You've just come off a surprise election victory after promising voters a $100-billion "Prosperity Fund" courtesy of royalties and taxes from an industry that doesn't yet exist in B.C. and based on tax rates that still haven't been set.

The Editor Re. "Your children go to a great school" (The Tri-City News, Sept. 12). It used to be that a hero was someone who ran into a burning building to save a small child.

The Editor, Re. "Mariner Way truck route talk" (The Tri-City News, Sept. 10). We were appalled to read the city of Coquitlam would even consider a truck route in Ranch Park.

The devastating loss of Coquitlam grandfather Shin Noh hasn't been enough to prompt the B.C. or the federal governments to consider setting up a silver alert program, yet it seems like such a simple - and good - idea.

The Editor, Re. "Factory model is fading for B.C.'s public schools" (BC Views, The Tri-City News, Sept. 10). If, indeed, as columnist Tom Fletcher assures us, the factory model is fading for B.C.