Opinion

We would like to thank Wayne Procter for putting the heart back into Black Creek! After a four-year absence, the Black Creek Diner is back.

Dear editor, A comparison of School District 79 (Cowichan Valley) with SD71 (Comox Valley) reveals SD79 has 8,398 students and SD71 10,878.

In the absence until Aug. 18 of even a brief court appearance by a 16-year-old accused of first-degree murder, the rumour mill has been busily grinding. You might have heard rumours. We have, but we couldn鈥檛 pass them on even if we confirmed their validity.

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.