To the editor, What on earth were you thinking…my god…bringing in an NDP government? We folks out west in BC have tried this group of spending socialists a number of times, and each occasion has been a complete and utter disaster. Keep a close watch! —Paul Crossley, Penticton, BC
Letters
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Soldiers volunteered
To the editor, Becky Thomas’s “Military madness” (May 28, News) left me a bit chuffed. Citadel High children were given space in the paper with their protest about military recruiters in schools. Being a service member, I feel that these children are sorely misinformed. From the article: “One of my friends recently got recruited” (my […]
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Common commandeered
To the editor, For the last 15 years, I’ve spent Sunday afternoons playing baseball on the Common. Some of my teammates have been playing together here for 30 years. While we play, the rest of the diamonds are full; there’s also an ultimate frisbee game, the regular cricket match, flag football, a pickup soccer game […]
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Seal hunts yes, Paul McCartney no
To the editor, Put aside your ignorant thoughts if you care about your fellow Canadians, and I will tell you why I don’t want to see Paul McCartney on the Common this summer. McCartney announced that he is boycotting seal products, and expects others to do the same. He is wrong, and a person is […]
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No Liberal Party parking problems
To Tim Bousquet, If you looked closer into your “Liberal Party van blocks handicap parking spaces” post in the Reality Bites blog (May 25), you would’ve realized those spaces are only reserved for the disabled during bingo. That is also why they are located so close to the doors to the bingo hall. There is […]
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Halifax Tales: Winners from our postcard fiction contest
The Winner Olden Times by Sarah Mian Great-Granny took lovers when Great Gramps went off to war. People use that expression, “take a lover,” but she really did. She took them from the streetcar and barstools and skating rinks and tucked them into her bed all in a row, like dolls. When her husband returned, […]
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No more Metro Transit bus idling, please!
To the editor, I would like to hear—yet again—what Metro Transit has to say about the persistent problem with bus idling amongst its drivers. Walking home from work, I noted six Metro Transit buses parked along Trollope Street, all of them idling. As I recall, the last time this issue came up in The Coast, […]
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Councillor Peter Lund deserves more than a C+
Hi Tim, Just a note in response to councillor Peter Lund’s C+ rating from a resident of his district of St. Margaret’s Bay. Yes, councillor Lund is new and unproven in council. But from our viewpoint, he has been a refreshing champion in helping the community bring the surge of new commercial development under control […]
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Learning from the old country
To the editor, We heard of the proposed building developments near Citadel Hill with dismay. Having visited twice already from “Old Scotia” we feel it would destroy a wonderful view of the harbour. It would also be out of keeping with the surrounding architecture. It is possible to restore the original buildings to good modern […]
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Why do we need a new trade and convention centre?
To the editor, Up until now, the World Trade Convention Centre was owned and operated by the province. But HRM will be directly involved in the new one. Why? With all the work we need done on the sewers, roads and the sewage treatment plant, why are they getting involved in this venture? I read […]
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Helmets, part 2
To the editor, Julian Young, the coordinator of injury prevention and control at the NS Department of Health Promotion and Protection, had the following reasoning for the helmet law against skateboarders: “…it’s not about controlling their behaviour…it’s about saying, as a society, we can’t afford to bear the cost of that person’s brain injury.” I […]
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Helmet coverage
To the editor, I was glad to see Lezlie Lowe’s honest look at skateboard helmet law enforcement last week in “Skate free and/or die.” I think it’s worth noting that almost all of the conclusions in the article can be directly transferred to cycling: The effect of enforcing the same law among cyclists has the […]