Opinion

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Editor: Re: Gilles Mailhiot’s letter to the editor in the Tuesday, Aug, 16 Tribune:

The crown jewel of B.C. utilities is such a money machine that it can allow extravagant practices and still deliver some of the cheapest, cleanest, most stable energy in North America.

Editor: Re: CRIME program to continue for now, Tuesday, Aug. 9 Tribune. “CRIME-subsidizing program to continue for now” would be a more accurate headline.

Editor: B.C. forest management leaders and concerned citizens contributing to the Healthy Forests-Healthy Communities: A conversation on B.C. forests (HFHC) have identified the importance and need for local influence on forest plans and practices affecting communities (http://bcforestconversation.com).

Editor: Before going on vacation in June, the teachers gave their union an overwhelming mandate for strike action come September.

A government-appointed panel did a quickie review of BC Hydro’s operations and found them wanting in the finance department.

Editor: Just a little message to our city councillors.

Recently the Ministry of Health expanded the resources available to British Columbians by increasing access to dieticians, making it easier for people to make informed and healthy choices. This service has been integrated into 8-1-1, a hotline which gives people access to non-emergency public health information.

He was proud of his adhering to hands-free driving, knowing he was contributing to a safe driving environment, not like some of the other drivers he’d seen on this trip, still texting and talking on a cell phone with one hand and steering with the other.