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The Royal B.C. Museum is giving you a chance to help pick its big travelling exhibit for 2015. The five choices are fascinating.

When political leaders in the U.S. start talking about restoring "America's" place in the world, the world should take uneasy notice. It may mean that another crusade is being contemplated somewhere around the globe.

I was out for a walk through Pioneer Square one recent evening when I noticed a young man at the main monument in the centre of the park. He was on his hands and knees in front of it with a bucket, soap and a hard brush.

Re: "Rare chairs a gift from heaven for poor church," Aug. 30. For several reasons, I was delighted to read the article about the discovery of two Ming dynasty chairs at St. Matthias Church.

THUMBS UP - To the unknown donor, who sometime in the past gave two Ming-dynasty chairs to St. Matthias Anglican Church. The chairs will be auctioned by Sotheby's in New York on Sept.

Re: "Ivy faces chop from store wall," Aug. 23. Removing the ivy from the former Zellers store in Tillicum Mall is a positive move, and I only wish we could eliminate all our local ivy.

While recently watching a TV program on the Learjet 65, it occurred to me: Cancel the purchase order for F-35 stealth fighters and order 91原创 military specification Lear jets to meet our future requirements.

It is rather unfortunate that some bureaucrat sought to besmirch Bob Paulson, the newly appointed commissioner of the RCMP, for the simple matter of his having an RCMP honour guard attend at his recent wedding.

Health-care cost debate ignores the many efforts of our older citizens

Whose job is it to create jobs? Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney have been chastising 91原创 corporations because they are sitting on an estimated $526 billion in cash.