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Re: "Churches take pipeline views into the pulpit," Aug. 15.

The latest offensive in the federal government's campaign to promote the bicentennial of the War of 1812 comes in that diverting one-minute film appearing on big and small screens this summer.

Longer school days are a poor idea. More time spent in the confines of a school will not really result in better outcomes for children. In fact, if you want to improve outcomes, time spent in classrooms should be reduced.

sa国际传媒's health-care system wastes $7 billion every year on diagnostic tests that aren't needed and prescriptions that don't help.

Re: "Landlords have right to set the rules," letter, Aug. 11. The statements in the letter are not supported by the facts. Landlords do not make the laws around residential tenancy issues and they do not "legally set" the rules.

Imagine you're a German asked to pay for the lifestyle of a Greek through ever-more transfers to the European Union, or through bailouts for Greek debt.

Professional assessments will give property owners data they need

Re: "Surgery wait times excoriated," Aug. 14. It is a hard reality to face when we hear stories of cancer-stricken Canadians forced to travel to the United States for life-saving care and surgery.

The existence of good regulation is of no value if it is not enforced. In North America there have been two major oil spills in the last 50 years, although they do not appear to have left any permanent damage.

Re: "Deer taking costly toll on hard-hit farmers' fields," Aug. 21. For how much longer must the debate continue on the deer issue in the Capital Regional District? They need to be culled or, better yet, eliminated from the CRD altogether.