Opinion

H ey, Andy, hockey's back! Finally! OK, so Saturday night, I'll dust off my Trevor Linden jersey, jump on the SkyTrain and meet you at the Shark Club an hour before the Ducks game.

The Editor, Re. "6.75% raise hikes over 4 years for PM workers" (The Tri-City News, Jan. 11).

The Editor, Re. "Do we really need libraries?" and "Library a centre of learning" (Face to Face, The Tri-City News, Jan. 11). Fifteen million dollars is a lot of money, at least for most of us. I have been a patron of many libraries in B.C.

I am boycotting this NHL season. Like many of you, I spent the last five months listening to millionaire players and billionaire owners bicker with each other and spew propaganda through their media shills.

It's mid-way through January and time to take stock of New Year's resolutions passed in seriousness and in jest.

Complacency is a malignant tumour that is hard to excise. To avoid rampant cynicism that all too often dominates social discourse, here's a to-do list for 2013 in the Tri-Cities.

FACE TO FACE: Was $15 million for Coquitlam's new library money well spent? F ifteen million dollars seems a lot to spend on Coquitlam's new Town Centre library branch.

Ask a Lower Mainland resident who takes care of our garbage, water and sewage, and even air quality, most people draw a blank.

FACE TO FACE: Was $15 million for Coquitlam's new library money well spent? I n November, the city of Coquitlam opened its new, fancy $15-million Town Centre library branch. Now, this is the Cadillac of libraries: It's 31,000 sq. ft.

FACE TO FACE: Should out-of-bounds skiers and boarders pay for their rescue? W hatever happened to personal responsibility? Growing up, I was taught that when you do something wrong, you have to suffer the consequences.