Opinion

The Editor, Re. "Close taxation gap, says mayor" (The Tri-City News, May 4). Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore wants to discuss the imbalance between residential and business taxes.

The Editor, Frequently, it seems, we hear bad news about patient experiences in some B.C. hospitals. Our family knows something about this personally.

FACE TO FACE: Do Quebec university students' protests make sense? B oy, are we mad at those students in Quebec. As usual, whenever anyone protests anything, we focus on disparaging everything except what they're actually lathered about.

FACE TO FACE: Do Quebec university students' protests make sense? H ere we go again. Akin to the Occupy protests of last summer, we have a small group of punks from the entitlement generation disrupting the lives of the hard-working majority.

The Editor, Back in March, three of our neighbours' children and my three children, all aged from four to eight years, teamed up with me to clean up around the creek near our house.

The Editor, To volunteer one's services and energy to any of the various charities and other causes identified across our society is a noble endeavour.

FACE TO FACE: Should B.C.

FACE TO FACE: Should B.C. voters look back on the NDP 1990s in fear? I had to chuckle the other day hearing NDP leader Adrian Dix try to defend his government's record of the 1990s. In a radio interview, Dix bragged that B.C.

The Editor, Re. "A big gamble" (Opinion, The Tri-City News, April 25). B.C. teachers' contract dispute is a great opportunity to take a sober second look at some "traditional" school activities - graduation parties, for example.

Brace yourself: Interest rates could be on their way up if the economy improves as expected and inflation threatens to inch up.