Opinion

Certain services do not run at a profit. We don't see schools turned into little widget factories with children bellying up to a conveyor belt. We don't have tollbooths every 10 miles for the few who can afford to use roadways.

First off let me state as a rule: I don't read Bruce's opinions as I find him to be a right-wing, partisan, liberal hack; however, his last op-ed piece caught my attention, but only for the first few paragraphs and ended after reason number 10.

I've noted some advertisements in our local paper lately. Sponsored by the Government of British Columbia, they suggest that the choice offered in the HST referendum is between a 12 per cent PST/GST and a 10 per cent HST.

With regards to the HST referendum: Let's all remember how the current Liberal government lied about not wanting to sell BC Rail and that it would not adopt the HST in their last election platform, and a short time later did both, and did it in such

When we send our children off to school each morning we feel assured they are not only getting a quality education, but they will be treated appropriately by those in charge.

I was a little taken aback by Vaughn Palmer's pro-HST, fear mongering editorial in your July 4 edition.

James Murdoch (son of ubiquitous media mogul Rupert) announced the shut down of the News of the World Thursday in the wake of the revelation the newspaper hacked into the cell phone of a 13-year-old missing girl, who was later discovered murdered.

When I received a phone call saying that Barkerville would be hosting the popular PBS documentary series Travelscope on Dominion Day weekend, it was impossible to hide my excitement.

Part 2 - nutrition

On Canada Day, at the behest of my daughter, I attended the second annual Hell Mend Ya at the Roll-A-Dome.