I appreciate The Vancouver Sun for headlining this positive story about Canadians who are working hard and truly making a difference in this world. I hope you can find more.
Re: Refugees stitch together new lives creating uniforms for first responders in B.C. and beyond
The stitching new lives article is an inspiration. Some positive news and placed on the front page. Thank you. I thank Gordon McIntyre for this article, bringing a seemingly everyday job/business to the forefront. I was particularly moved by the mention that Mr. Rohani went out to the various ethnic communities. Now that is Canadian.
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We are bombarded on all sides every day with news, violence, and fear. I appreciate The Vancouver Sun for headlining this positive story about Canadians who are working hard and truly making a difference in this world. I hope you can find more.
Kathy Anderson, Vancouver
Chip Wilson’s wonderful gift
Re: Lululemon billionaire Chip Wilson gives record $100-million donation to B.C. Parks Foundation
How wonderful a gift that Summer and Chip Wilson have given to the citizens of B.C. A massive increase in park land area is now possible because of their generosity. New parks and protected areas for all citizens to experience and enjoy.
Chip only came to B.C. in 1986, and worked hard to create one of the most iconic brands in active clothing. The Wilsons have made a huge impact. The jobs and the spin-offs from their businesses are impressive, but how they have chosen to save land and rivers around the Salish Sea, to this $100-million gift to secure more properties needs to be celebrated.
Long after we are all gone, this gift will be benefiting generations of British Columbians. Thank you, Summer and Chip, for your insight and your commitment to preserving the land.
Peter R.B. Armstrong, Vancouver
PSA testing should be routinely recommended
Re: Prostate cancer awareness month: Get checked early, B.C. Ironman says
In “Prostate cancer doesn’t discriminate”, Dr. Martin Gleave stresses the importance of PSA testing for early detection of prostate cancer. It is unfortunate that such a simple, non-invasive test is not routinely recommended as men age, just as mammograms are for women. My husband’s case illustrates this point.
His sister was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and genetic testing revealed she carried an inherited BRCA2 mutation. My husband, in his 70s, was then offered genetic testing because such mutations cause a greatly elevated risk of prostate cancer, a fact not widely appreciated. He was found to carry the same mutation and only then had his first PSA test, which directly lead to treatment of his mid-stage prostate cancer.
Dr. Dixie Mager, professor emeritus, B.C. Cancer and UBC
Important to recognize services provided Vancouver Police
In this day and age where the actions of the VPD are regularly questioned, it is important to recognize and acknowledge the important service provided by our protectors.
My wife’s car as broken into last night and my son saw the perpetrator in the act. We called the VPD, the repose was immediate, and several personnel were dispatched. The plain-clothes officer who attend my home after the fact was both impressive and helpful. Tax dollars well spent.
Matthew Fahey, Vancouver
‘A consensus among most economists’ incorrect
Commercial banks make profits when interest rates go up. They bet on future prices, and at the same time their paid economists run propaganda campaigns claiming higher rates are necessary to tackle inflation, as if higher rates were not inflationary themselves.
John Ivison in the National Post claims “a consensus among most economists” about fiscal and monetary policy, and yet he cites only bank economists. In fact, economists from academia, trade unions and progressive think tanks who do not represent business and financial interests stridently object to rate hikes that increase unemployment and inequality.
Democracy depends on an informed public who read well-researched opinions. We all suffer when journalists fail to do their homework and claim that most economists agree when they most certainly do not.
Larry Kazdan, Vancouver
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