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'Kids these days' still fond of marriage

August is over, alas, and the end of this month brings with it the end of the summer marriage season.

Conversation needed on city budget planning

Re: "Input sought at spending-cuts session," Aug. 29. While I applaud Coun.

Foes' foibles may be Jean Charest's best hope

Strange as it seems, the Quebec election campaign may yet swing in Jean Charest's direction - testimony to the Quebec premier's wily combativeness and to the confusion of his rivals.
Make Beacon Hill the greatest park again

Make Beacon Hill the greatest park again

I was the supervisor of Beacon Hill Park for 12 years, from 1986 to 1998. I'm now retired. Current road closures in the park are not working.

'Harmonization' eroding 91原创 sovereignty

Re: "Do we really want U.S. police working on 91原创 soil?" Aug. 26. Kudos to Jim Hume for his column on the ability of U.S.

University degrees are worth the cost

Re: "Tuition costs must be curbed," Aug. 25. Students in British Columbia - and their parents - know they are getting great value and even greater opportunities from their university degrees.

West Coast Trail boardwalks neglected

I write with reluctance, as a physician and intermediate hiker, after an aweinspiring seven days on the inimitable west coast of 91原创 Island with five colleagues.

Let's better manage the space we're in

Re: "That first step may be the last," Aug. 29. I never understood the rationale toward outer space exploration, because Earth and its citizens are already in space.

MLAs' junkets are not justified

Another day, another horror story from the B.C. legislature. It emerges that Speaker of the House Bill Barisoff, deputy Speaker Claire Trevena and the clerk of the assembly spent a week in Kenya at taxpayers' expense. All three took their spouses.

Look to the Territories for non-partisan system

Re: "What are alternatives to Liberals, NDP?" Aug. 26 A real alternative is non-partisan government as employed successfully in the Northwest Territories.