Opinion

To the editor: Re: "Separated bike planes proposed for Pt. Grey Road," May 29. The city attempted to host a "public open house" May 27 at the Kitsilano Public Library on this issue.

To the editor: Re: "Evolving English can be grating 'on accident,'" May 29. Bravo to Mr. Claxton for "flipping out about grammar and word usage," expressing his lingual discomfort with the increasingly common misuse of the phrase "on accident.

We live in a sci-fi world; the stuff of yesterday's Hollywood films and pulp novels are echoed in today's headlines. Take algorithms. These repetitive computer instructions are behind everything from high-speed trading to Internet dating matches.

There are really two stories at the heart of the sale of The Centre in Vancouver for the Performing Arts. One is about the rise, fall and loss of another of the citys cultural venues.

We live in a sci-fi world; the stuff of yesterday's Hollywood films and pulp novels are echoed in today's headlines. Take algorithms. These repetitive computer instructions are behind everything from high-speed trading to Internet dating matches.

To the editor: Re: "Shark fin protests continue at Sun Sui Wah," May 22. The importation of shark fins is regulated by Environment Canada (for CITES) and CFIA. Restaurants selling shark fins are running a legal business.

Given the number of real injustices and outrages in the world, it's probably wrong of me to flip out about grammar and word usage. Especially since I am far from perfect myself, in both speech and writing.

To the editor: Re: "Manager, cop and lawyer top civic earners," May 16. It is always interesting to see the government's justification for excessive salaries.

To the editor: While I applaud the persistence and strategy of those protesting against the eating of shark fin and who have successfully "undermined and subdued" some restaurateurs' livelihood and businesses, I hope that there won't be any extreme s

As Premier Christy Clark prepares her B.C. Liberal government for its fourth term in power, she may be thinking shell be facing a political opposition that is spent, demoralized and likely about to be consumed by internal strife.