Opinion

As citizens of the planet, we need to open our eyes and make action to protect and heal our planet. Please assist in the healing process by giving the people knowledge and tools for a better future.

In response to Harry Yates letter "Thank God for Trump" on Nov.

Re: Environment to be a factor in B.C. election (Nov. 14, 2016). At the Marrakech Climate Change Conference, the B.C. government received the United Nations' Momentum for Change award for its carbon tax.

In my senior years, I seem to have a clearer picture why developed countries like Canada remain rich and developing countries like Haiti, struggle to feed their people.

Read your readers' comments on Trump. Made me wonder whether some of them would have such a rosy view of The Donald if they lived down south in the U.S.A. as I do. Arthur Meissner Chelsea, Michigan United States

All these drug overdoses make no sense to me. Why go to the trouble of killing all of your customers with fentanyl? I have to assume that the outcome of using fentanyl is the reason for putting it in circulation.

It came to my attention that there is a level of bullying that perhaps has not been addressed. I would consider it assault. It was shameful to the extreme, because of the abuse of power of an adult over a child.

The next B.C. election is shaping up as the most expensive in history, with the chief electoral officer Keith Archer budgeting an almost 20 per cent jump over the cost of the 2013 provincial vote.

I grew up near the UBC Endowment Lands in Vancouver. During the spring and summer, a major activity for our group of kids was catching frogs. Unfortunately, my favourite frog pond is now a housing development where frogs don't swim anymore.

This week my family experienced a relatively new adventure game while away on a trip to a wedding. In a mock emergency, we were locked in to a room with a nuclear generator which was purportedly overheating.