Opinion

The Editor, The real reason for the newest flavour of taxation policies - road pricing, or tolls - to further fund a decrepit regional transit authority can be laid squarely at the feet of both the SkyTrain light metro and the BC Liberal government's

F or Canadians travelling to South Asia, tourism is usually associated with monkeys and money belts, sunburns and food so delicious that you binge eat in spite of the hot peppers that turn your face scarlet and trigger more tears than The Notebook .

Anyone who travels on or along the Millennium Line to Vancouver can't help but notice the new highrises taking shape at Brentwood Mall in Burnaby .

The $14.8-million James Park elementary school is a fine-looking structure that looks more like a college campus than a primary school, with high wood ceilings, decorative flourishes, beautiful landscaping and forward-thinking design.

The Editor, Re. "It's time: Coquitlam needs its own museum" (Opinion, The Tri-City News, Oct. 12) The word " museum " carries a musty echo.

The Editor, Re. "Draft plan plots course for Riverview" (The Tri-City News, Sept. 26). In all of the discussions and debates of the future of the Riverview Hospital lands, the emphasis is being placed upon the physical side of the territory.

T he Ontario government's latest fiat is that schools can no longer sell junk food to students. Who could argue with that? (Not B.C., which has a similar ban.) The Canadian Taxpayer Federation does.

Could B.C.'s fractious education system have 10 years of stability? That's the (faint) hope of the BC Liberal government, which wants to end decades of battles with the BC Teachers' Federation with a review of the bargaining structure.

I don't know about you but I can't sleep. It's midnight and I'm still tossing and turning.

A t some point, as our population ages and health care costs continue to soar, Canadians are going to have The Debate about the government's role in legislating healthy lifestyles.