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YORKE: Red envelope tradition should be everywhere

YORKE: Red envelope tradition should be everywhere

O h how I long for the banging of firecrackers piercing the silence of the dark Shanghai night. I always long for Shanghai at the start of the new lunar year.
Productive lives can be lived if mental illness is diagnosed

Productive lives can be lived if mental illness is diagnosed

Dear Editor, With the recent flood of articles portraying the sordid affairs of mentally ill individuals, the association of mental illness to criminality seems more substantial than ever.
TransLink should find efficiencies

TransLink should find efficiencies

The Editor, My understanding is that TransLink commissioner Martin Crilly is seeking public input and looking at TransLink's finances before approving the fare increase.
People who don't shovel snow put carriers at risk

People who don't shovel snow put carriers at risk

The Editor, Congratulations to the Snow Angels for their efforts during this last snow fall and thanks to all of the residents and businesses for keeping up their responsibility for snow removal in and around their property.
Mad, stuck in traffic watching people break the law

Mad, stuck in traffic watching people break the law

The Editor, Being stuck in traffic is not something I enjoy. I, like most, get in line, wait my turn, and slowly but surely make my way.
Don't shut down homeless pilot at Riverview

Don't shut down homeless pilot at Riverview

The Editor, Re: Riverview pilot will shut down, The Tri-City News , Jan. 25, 2012.
FLETCHER: BCTF numbers don't add up for contract demands

FLETCHER: BCTF numbers don't add up for contract demands

VICTORIA - Teachers in parts of B.C. wore black on Friday to mark the 10thanniversary of legislation that their union insists "stripped" their "right" to control staffing levels in public schools.
EDITORIAL: Esctacy - this ain't no party

EDITORIAL: Esctacy - this ain't no party

Young people are playing Russian Roulette if they take ecstasy. But how many of them understand the risks of the game.
YORKE: Place called home shaped like a maple leaf

YORKE: Place called home shaped like a maple leaf

Living south of the forty-ninth-parallel, I have to admit that on a regular basis, I am reminded of how lucky I am to be a Canadian. We have social systems in place that are the envy of many average Americans.
EDITORIAL: Body checking

EDITORIAL: Body checking

Concern about concussions has prompted the Pacific Coast Amateur Hockey Association to ban body-checking for tweens and teens playing in recreation and house leagues.