Opinion

They're called smartphones but the way some people use them is anything but smart, giving us all legitimate cause for concern about public safety. A new poll that shows that 64% of adults in B.C.

The Editor, Re. "$3.9M dry-floor sports facility gets council OK" (The Tri-City News, July 31). Automagically.

The Editor, Re. "Face to Face: Is the British anti-internet porn plan sensible and workable?" (The Tri-City News, July 26).

FACE TO FACE: What politicians should face off in the ring (for charity, of course)? J ustin Trudeau and Sen. Patrick Brazeau set the precedent last year when they boxed for three rounds to raise $230, 000 for cancer research.

FACE TO FACE: What politicians should face off in the ring (for charity, of course)? R emember last year's Justin Trudeau-vs.

The Editor, I would like to send a belated thank-you to a Good Samaritan family. On May 20, I tripped and fell on the sidewalk along Ioco Road while going to Port Moody Public Library.

On Monday, Coquitlam city council unanimously voted to spend $3.9 million to build a covered sports facility, to open next year, on what is now a parking lot at Poirier Street and Winslow Avenue.

L et's check in with the kids halfway through summer: Tents set up on trampolines? Check. Small cuts in the corner of mouths made by the sharp plastic edges of Freezies? Check. Maybe corn-rows or a bright red mohawk? Check.

B.C. is famed around the world for its marijuana and people here buy, sell, grow and consume it mostly without fear of serious consequences from the law. Elections B.C.

B.C. NDP president Moe Sihota says an external review of the party's performance in the May election will "look very much at the DNA of the NDP." Early signs are not encouraging. Start with the five-member panel announced to conduct the review.