Opinion

Gaily wrapped gifts under the tree have been a Christmas tradition for generations.

The Editor, Re. "TransLink cops' future queried" (The Tri-City News, Dec. 9). Anyone who sincerely believes fare gates and transit smart cards will drastically reduce fare evasion has never used transit systems in other cities.

The Editor, Having lived on Westwood Plateau for a year, attended college and worked full-time, I have used transit a lot.

The Editor, Re. "Promises, promises" (front page, The Tri-City News , Dec. 7). Two articles reported two city mayors' inaugural speeches. One mayor talks about high taxes and empathizing with taxpayers reaching their tipping point.

FACE TO FACE: Should Canada bow out of the United Nations? Each game of the recent Rugby World Cup saw 30 gentlemanly ruffians in the most violent of human interplay, tightly monitored and controlled by one referee, whose whistles and admonitions the

FACE TO FACE: Should Canada bow out of the United Nations? The British government has recently decided to defund four United Nations agencies and put three others on notice that they could face the same fate unless they improve their performance.

Salvation Army kettles are as much a Christmas tradition as carols, greeting cards and gifts. Every year, these plastic orbs appear outside shopping malls across the land, accompanied by hopeful greeters ringing bells.

The Editor, With the Durban climate-change talks upon us, federal Environment Minister Peter Kent is recycling tired, old Stephen Harper myths about holding out for a "global plan" that includes all major greenhouse-gas emitters, such as India and Ch

Paper report cards could become a thing of the past and the teachers' job action is showing us how.

The Editor, Re. "Improved transit would keep drunks off roa ds" (Face to Face, The Tri-City News, Dec. 2) . There's no reasonable argument that drinking and driving is connected to the level of transit services.