Letters

The theme of Premier Gordon Campbell's speech at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention yesterday was all about how the spirit of B.C.

It makes no sense to slash problem gambling programs just as the government takes another huge leap into expanded betting.

Bus fracas spawned much advice, mostly from childless people

these cuts do lasting harm

The B.C. government has announced that provincial ministries will no longer be allowed to recruit or hire their own personnel. In accordance with a new "Corporate Human Resource Plan," these functions are being centralized.

The new century is only nine years old and already our prospects for the future can seem like a montage of hopelessness and despair.

The abandoned stepsister of this election campaign -- electoral reform -- makes what could be her final appearance on your ballot today. The main event, another showdown between Gordon Campbell and Carole James, drew only moderate interest.

Gordon Muir Campbell and Carole Alison James are utterly exhausted robots by now, chanting the same phrases with glazed looks in their eyes and maniacally shaking whatever hand is thrust in front of them.

As a reporter covering many election campaigns, I used to interview taxi drivers and barbers to get a sense of who was ahead. Well, I don't get out much any more, so haven't had many opportunities to chat up taxi drivers during the B.C. campaign.

British Columbia's economy is not getting any healthier, and that means there will be less money to run the government. That is a critical fact in this election campaign, one that will have ramifications throughout the province.