Opinion

FACE TO FACE: Should the feds OK the Chinese takeover of an Alberta oil company? O ttawa's forthcoming decision on whether to approve China National Offshore Oil Company's $15.

National Seniors Day is Oct. 1. Seniors aren't problems to be managed and aging is not an illness. But too often we talk about older British Columbians that way, in terms both inaccurate and demeaning. There are certainly challenges in growing older.

NDP candidates seem to be popping out of the woodwork to fly the flag in the 2013 provincial election and four are vying to wear orange in one Tri-City riding: Coquitlam-Burke Mountain.

The Editor, Re. Picture This, Adrian Raeside cartoon (Opinion, The Tri-City News, Sept. 26). I don't know how to reply to this offering.

The Editor, Re. "More bike lanes" (The Tri-City News, Sept. 14). Thanks for your article about Port Moody bike lanes. Metro Vancouver could greatly benefit in many ways from more cycling , so it's great to see publicity around it.

Creeks and rivers support an interdependent web of life and we damage them at our peril.

The Editor, Re. "For sale: school land" (The Tri-City News, Sept. 13). I feel compelled to write regarding School District 43's recent proposal to sell off some property at Parkland and Porter Street elementary schools.

The Editor, Re. "Artwork could amount to 'propaganda', says O'Neill" (The Tri-City News, Sept. 21).

N othing's certain but death and taxes.

It 's so close, one can almost feel the thrill of whooshing across the Port Mann Bridge on one of 10 lanes that will open on the new bridge in another year.