Letters

Re: "Oilsands pipelines fuel Canadian refinery debate," Aug. 28. I am delighted with the report from the Conference Board of Canada saying that Canada continues to refine more fuel than it needs.

Supports hard to find for young people without a 'normal' home

Re: "Ferry trip cuts are necessary," Aug. 28.

Re: "Savoie exits federal politics," Aug. 24. Thank you to Denise Savoie for years of service and dedication to her work for her constituents and for the people of Canada. It is sad to hear that it is for health reasons that she leaves us.

Re: "Tuition costs must be curbed," Aug. 25. Society has long understood that putting money into higher education brings excellent returns.

Re: "MP's pension raises question of parity," Aug. 26. The writer's criticism of Denise Savoie's pension is surprising to me.

Re: "Do we really want U.S. police working on Canadian soil?" Aug. 26. Columnist Jim Hume gives unwarranted importance to the results of an informal CBC query in which the majority of responders said no to: "Should U.S.

I received an unexpected postcard in the mail the other day from an old friend. It made my day. It's been a long time since I've gotten a handwritten letter from a friend - it has to be 10 or 15 years.

Re: "Federal funding helps aerospace centre lift off," Aug. 25. It is great to see a new impetus for aircraft design coming to Victoria. I worked on the final assembly of the CF-100 jet fighter in 1952-53 at Avro Malton in Ontario.

If there's one song that captures the mood of Neil Armstrong's 1969 walk on the moon, it's Bookends, by Simon and Garfunkel: "A time it was, and what a time it was, it was. A time of innocence - ." Of course, it was a time of turbulence, too.