Opinion

To the editor: Re: "Local veggies preferable to 'organics' from afar," Letters, April 27. From his byline(Prof. Scott Lear, Department of Health Sciences, SFU) I'm assuming Mr.

To the editor: Re: "Fate of viaducts to be decided this summer," vancourier.com, May 18. The headline should have read as "will crush viaduct." The quote from Coun. Geoff Meggs is disingenuous: "We'll find out...

To the editor: Re: "Eastern promises," Kudos and Kvetches, June 1. Interesting that the author of today's K&K should evoke the city of Nanaimo when speaking of the name, naming and renaming of Hastings-Sunrise.

To the editor: I really appreciate your ongoing articles about the struggles of addiction, housing and quality of life in the Downtown Eastside.

What is it with so many contemporary art galleries? Why is it that they feel thatonlythey know the (supposed) meaning of contemporary, conceptual and abstract art? Their attitude is typically: We know what its all about, you cant be expected to under

As rumour hardens into speculation we go to press with the latest intelligence on just who is doing what since the time between now and the next provincial election is being measured not in years or months but in weeks: fewer than 50! We do this with

Musings on the democratic process

To the editor: Re: "Flaherty taps deep well of stupid," May 18. Finally, someone not afraid to speak about the stupidity of our elected leaders. But there is more to it than an expose of just Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty.

To say the RCMP has an image problem is an understatement.

This province is getting boxed around the ears in Ottawa, and that's unlikely to change for a few more years. The federal Conservative government has a majority and a serious budget problem, so it's taking things out on the provinces.