Opinion

Dear editor, I like to believe that the majority of people who live in the Comox Valley care about their environment. The reason many of us moved here was for the natural beauty of the place, the fresh clean air, the pure water and the wonderful recreational activities.

Dear editor, The subject is the HST rebate to families with children under the age of 18 years of age.

Dear editor, There has been a lot of hype in the papers recently about what the boosters of 鈥渢he new town鈥� are calling Cayet. Hang on a second 鈥� I thought this was supposed to be part of Cumberland?

After meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Premier Christy Clark delivered a luncheon speech to the Economic Club of Toronto. Her big talking point was the rise of the Asia-Pacific region.

Dear editor, I am responding to the article published in June 24, 2011's paper. The article is Turf to Referendum?

Dear editor, I, like many other Canadians I suspect, got a little emotional when I heard of the passing of Terry Fox鈥檚 mother Betty last week.

Dear editor, The article 鈥淭ime to take really hard look at your HST choices鈥� by Tom Fletcher (Record, June 22) makes a somewhat bland reference to the Conservative Party of BC.

Dear editor, We understand that VIHA has decided to build a hospital in Courtenay as well as in Campbell River. I recently was made aware of the fact that in or around 2006 VIHA was considering building a regional hospital "in a neutral location" between Campbell River and the Comox Valley.

Postal workers can complain all they want about a tough contract stance from management. They can rage about the federal government introducing back-to-work legislation.

Dear editor, Re: Proposed Raven Underground Coal Mine, Bear Deposit and Anderson Lake project of Compliance Energy. In speaking with John Tapics (Compliance CEO) recently, he told me that it was not up to him what was included in the draft AIR/EIS; it was up to the CEAA and EAO. This had been my understanding all along.