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Senior digging in heels against HST

Dear editor, The subject is the HST rebate to families with children under the age of 18 years of age.

'Out-of-town suits' no answer for Cumberland

Dear editor, There has been a lot of hype in the papers recently about what the boosters of “the new town” are calling Cayet. Hang on a second — I thought this was supposed to be part of Cumberland?
B.C. VIEWS: Asia-Pacific project marches on

B.C. VIEWS: Asia-Pacific project marches on

After meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Premier Christy Clark delivered a luncheon speech to the Economic Club of Toronto. Her big talking point was the rise of the Asia-Pacific region.

Courtenay taxpayer says pockets are empty

Dear editor, I am responding to the article published in June 24, 2011's paper. The article is Turf to Referendum?

Terry Fox's mother made us all proud

Dear editor, I, like many other Canadians I suspect, got a little emotional when I heard of the passing of Terry Fox’s mother Betty last week.

Provincial Conservative party deserves fair consideration

Dear editor, The article “Time to take really hard look at your HST choices” by Tom Fletcher (Record, June 22) makes a somewhat bland reference to the Conservative Party of BC.

Two small hospitals will not have drawing power to attract specialists

Dear editor, We understand that VIHA has decided to build a hospital in Courtenay as well as in Campbell River. I recently was made aware of the fact that in or around 2006 VIHA was considering building a regional hospital "in a neutral location" between Campbell River and the Comox Valley.

EDITORIAL: Not much sympathy for unionized postal workers

Postal workers can complain all they want about a tough contract stance from management. They can rage about the federal government introducing back-to-work legislation.

Complaints abound about proposed coal mine

Dear editor, Re: Proposed Raven Underground Coal Mine, Bear Deposit and Anderson Lake project of Compliance Energy. In speaking with John Tapics (Compliance CEO) recently, he told me that it was not up to him what was included in the draft AIR/EIS; it was up to the CEAA and EAO. This had been my understanding all along.

Earth cooling, not warming, says reader

Dear editor, Most scientists, all over the world, are now using the term “climate change “ instead of “global warming“ since they have belatedly discovered, I hope to their embarrassment, that the globe is, in fact, cooling off, and not warming up.
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