Opinion

Dear Editor, I would like to clarify statements that have been made regarding the Comox Valley Airport鈥檚 marketing budget, which includes the corporate branding. This marketing budget is not funded by the one-time grant offered through the 2003 referendum to the Comox Valley Airport (YQQ) as a contribution toward the costs of building our current F/O Cottingham Civil Passenger Terminal Building.

B.C.鈥檚 job market held steady in July, with unemployment at 7.3 per cent. The latest Statistics Canada job data were released as global financial markets teetered on the edge of another recession.

Dear editor, I just wanted to chime in on the latest proposed location of the new hospital.

Dear editor, 鈥淢MMMPHGGHGFFFFF鈥� That鈥檚 the sound of me reading another story about our great airport, my fist jammed in my mouth to stop the flow of %!@#%$!@##@ on this particular subject, which started when Ken Dawson proceeded to lead the charge to axe a driving force behind the transformation of a few Atco trailers into one of the finest little airports in North America.

Dear editor, What was the federal NDP party thinking when they picked Nycole Turmel as interim leader? She was a card-carrying member of not one but two separatist parties that exist to destroy Canada.

Dear editor, Helping the homeless is a community responsibility, and the Downtown Courtenay Business Improvement Association (BIA) commends our civic leaders for their initiatives.

Dear editor, Over the past several months, I have read the papers and listened intently to the media coverage surrounding the development of a new homeless shelter for the Comox Valley.

Dear editor, The Saturday evening's stabbing of James Denton is a lost of an irreplaceable treasure when you consider the investment in of his parents, teachers and coaches and mentors of Airport Elementary, Highland Secondary, North Island College, BC Hydro and others.

B.C. Green Party leader Jane Sterk clarifies her party's position on smart meters, and how it has changed in the past two years.

Dear editor, From Aug. 20 to 25, the Friends of Strathcona Park are organizing two events, which are very important in our overall strategy to create meaningful protection for Strathcona Park.