Opinion

The public meetings concerning the Raven Underground Coal Mine were, in my opinion, a sham; I can remember only one question asked by someone in Courtenay that received a clear, non-bafflegab answer,

With HST ballots starting to arrive in British Columbians' mailboxes this week, it is important to get informed about the HST and understand the HST Referendum question so you can make an educated choice.

While Maxwell Brown鈥檚 letter (Downtown no place for shelter, June 3 Record) is somewhat harsh, it is basically true I'm afraid.

Perhaps it is time to look a little closer at what recent developments and projects have done to our Valley and have a critical look at how we plan for growth in population and increase in the number of cars on our roads. Will we get even more bad press if we continue going in the same direction?

found the cartoon in the recent Wednesday paper quite ironic. The good city mayors are up on their back legs howling at the misguided opinion of Westworld鈥檚 depiction of their fair burgs as 鈥溾��a tangle of big box stores鈥︹��

I am appalled by the recent letter from Maxwell Brown and others who confuse vagrants with homeless. That is like confusing Westboro Baptist Church with all Christians.

Thank you Costco for opening here with an independent gas bar. If it wasn't for you opening, I would still be paying $1.27.9 for gas.

After hearing concerns from Crown Isle residents, Thrifty Foods is removing the car access from Bristol Way into its new development at the corners of Ryan and Lerwick roads.

For more than a decade, the Fraser Institute鈥檚 annual report ranking of schools in B.C. has caused consternation and hand-wringing among the teachers鈥� union and the provincial government. Now a group of Vancouver-based education advocates is working toward a solution, some middle ground that will provide an assessment that gives a more rounded picture of the work going on in B.C. schools.

Go down to the estuary at sunrise, stand quietly at the edge of the water, watch the eagles soaring above you, a Great Blue Heron keeping you company on the beach. Let the beauty and tranquility of the estuary fill your heart and maybe, just maybe, you will want to protect it too.