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Paranoia reaches pandemic proportions

Thu Nov 19, 6:00 PM
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” These were the immortal words delivered by U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt during his 1933 inaugural address. They helped inspire his nation through … more

Procrastinator beats first snowfall

Fri Nov 20, 3:00 PM
The first snowfall of the year brings out different emotions, many of them depending on our stage of life or our preparedness for the season.… more

Transit woes are everyone's, and nobody's, fault

Fri Nov 20, 12:00 PM
Editor: Ann Fessenden's letter to the editor in the Nov. 12 issue regarding high transit taxes raises some valid points. It misses on a couple of others, however. Nobody will dispute that Langley … more

Feeling the earth move under his feet

Thu Nov 19, 7:00 PM
The news this week that a 6.5 magnitude earthquake shook the seabed near the Queen Charlotte Islands this week may be al… more

Editorial — HST hits buyers of new homes

Thu Nov 19, 3:00 PM
A panel discussion on the Harmonized Sales Tax at Tuesday’s Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce meeting provided some ad… more

Alphabet soup from 1953

Thu Nov 19, 4:00 PM
An issue of Canadian Trades Alphabet was passed on to me. It was published in 1953 and distributed to school children ac… more

Storm clouds gathering over the environment ministry

Thu Nov 19, 6:00 PM
There’s a storm brewing amongst outdoors people in the province’s ‘heartlands.’… more

COLUMN: TransLink’s taking them for a ride at our expense

Wed Nov 18, 4:00 PM
Surrey and other South Fraser communities are once again getting stiffed by TransLink. Two new bus routes, which had bee… more

Nickel and diming an insult

Thu Nov 19, 6:00 PM
It’s becoming a familiar, if not increasingly troubling, refrain.… more

Changing my belief system

Thu Nov 19, 5:00 PM
Not too long ago I heard two radio announcers talking about not believing what they heard.… more
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