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Improving vehicle efficiency key to reducing emissions

Improving vehicle efficiency key to reducing emissions

The Editor, Be very careful about touting the use of all electric vehicles. There is no free lunch.
EDITORIAL: Education issues

EDITORIAL: Education issues

Education was hardly a burning issue in the provincial election, leaving many educators, trustees and administrators - not to mention parents - scratching their heads.
Chop trees to build green space

Chop trees to build green space

The Editor, I had to shake my head in total bewilderment when I read in Wednesday's edition of The Tri-City News about the draft Partington Creek Neighbourhood Plan getting approval for the first reading and then to continue reading that some council
FLETCHER: BCTF digs in for endless war with B.C. government

FLETCHER: BCTF digs in for endless war with B.C. government

Like those Japanese soldiers who didn't hear about the end of World War II, the militant fringe that controls the B.C. Teachers' Federation is digging in for endless battle against the B.C. government.
EDITORIAL: Bridge bothers

EDITORIAL: Bridge bothers

Did you hear the one about the two-lane road running through a busy industrial zone that ends in single-lane bailey bridge? It sounds like a joke with a bad punchline but it's one of the biggest bottlenecks in the region.
EDITORIAL: Putting the cart before the horse in education

EDITORIAL: Putting the cart before the horse in education

Education was hardly a burning issue in the provincial election, leaving many educators, trustees and administrators - not to mention parents - scratching their heads.
RADIA: Connection is possible & easy

RADIA: Connection is possible & easy

I t's no secret that my colleague opposite and I have different opinions about politics. Some of our contrasting beliefs, however, might be attributed to our difference in age (and no, that's not my clever way of calling him an old man).
Two jobs? Ask yourself this...

Two jobs? Ask yourself this...

The Editor, Re. "Reimer may stay on council" (The Tri-City News, May 17).
MCKINNON: Politicians, princesses and election choice

MCKINNON: Politicians, princesses and election choice

A nother provincial election has come and gone and, again, with disappointingly low voter turnout. People have their own perspectives, of course, on why they don't vote. There are some good reasons but mostly not.
EDITORIAL: Action needed

EDITORIAL: Action needed

Acity council post is often a stepping stone to higher office so it shouldn't come as a surprise to see several new MLAs hailing from local governments.