Opinion

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.

FACE TO FACE: Should out-of-bounds skiers and boarders pay for their rescue? S ebastian Boucher, an Ottawa snowboarder, is being billed $10,000 by Cypress Mountain to help defray his recent rescue.

On paper, the net worth of thousands of Tri-City residents has either climbed slightly or dropped a bit thanks to changes in property values calculated by BC Assessment. Are these changes anything to worry about? Not really.

"I 'm interested in your thoughts on Thursday's elections," I asked, interrupting a conversation on widespread unemployment in Nepal . The three local men at my table, highly opinionated entrepreneurs, responded with blank stares.

School District 43 got the equivalent of a lump of coal in its Christmas stocking from Education Minister Don McRae last month. The bad news came in the form of a Dec. 3 letter requiring all school districts to find 1.

Christmas has come and gone and the Boxing Day sales are now in full swing. There was a time when the week surrounding Christmas Day was one of visiting friends and family, attending church and feasting. Now, the traditional holiday of Dec.

The Editor, I wanted to say thank you to a woman I never met. I was going to the Royal Bank in Port Coquitlam this morning to use the instant teller.

With Christmas spirit oozing from every pore, your Face-to-Face columnists are this week, arm in arm, for our annual Christmas truce column.

The Editor, Re. "Talking taxes to councils " (Letters, The Tri-City News, Dec. 14). This is in response to two letters you published about planned property tax increases in Coquitlam and Port Moody.