Opinion

I don't often go out of my way to criticize public figures. They do have a difficult, high-pressure job, and our mayor is probably no exception.

When I found out that the government was deciding on shut down 14 schools in our district alone, not including the rest of the province, it got me thinking.

Joel Plaskett doesn't disappoint sold-out P.G. Playhouse

Moralizers have a need to persecute others as sinners.

I understand how some people feel about the school closures because my elementary school in Coquitlam closed a few years ago. As upset as many people were, it was a necessary loss.

The federal government is giving close to $600,000 to a northern B.C. organization dedicated to improving early childhood development.

In response to Letter in The Citizen paper: Good job Dan, you couldn't have written it more clearly that you did. I totally enjoyed reading it and agreed with everything you said. Having grown up children, I reflect back on when they were in school.

In 1859 an English economist predicted that the British Empire would cease to exist by 1900 because they would run out of coal, the energy the empire depended on. Ironically, 1859 was also the year when the first commercial oil well was drilled.

Single-track French Immersion is segregation and doesn't support the unity of Canada but embraces separation. It will affect the social fabric of our city. It will affect our carbon footprint.

After my childrens' school is closed can I send them down to the Richmond Oval or the Athletes Village for an education? With all the money we save by shutting down 14 schools, can we please have some money to purchase footballs, basketballs, medical