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Gov’t should refund the HST

Editor: Thank you for your article on HST. It affirmed that I really am not suffering from early old timers.

Carbon-neutral offsets — semantics for subsidy

School District 27 has officially come out against the provincial government’s carbon neutral scheme.

Businesses shouldn’t pay taxes for rec centre programs

Budget discussions at city hall have brought out some different points of view.

Kicked the cigarette habit but not the coffee pot

Editor: I live in a coffee pot, and I liked smoking because it showed the politicians because — even though they said I had killed my friends, kids, grandkids and myself because I smoked — I wasn’t as stupid or gullible as they thought I was!
Populist HST ‘fix’ coming soon

Populist HST ‘fix’ coming soon

No evidence to support either side of tax debate

Editor: Re: the letter by David Williams where he claims that “there is absolutely no evidence that higher corporate taxes or higher taxes for the wealthiest one percent of population would drive away investment.”

Emergency preparedness

Every year, the first full week of May in British Columbia is Emergency Preparedness Week.

Excessive logging affects ranchers

What would you say if you learned that 90 per cent of the forest around your community was to be logged?

The time to listen is now

Gloomy thoughts on a sunny day. Why did the stock market dip last week right after our federal election?

Finding the Zen in chicken poop

My hopes of being a beekeeper instead of a beehaver are over.