Editorials / Opinion

Need to address crucial poverty issues Recently, your paper had an article citing Vancouver, B.C., as one the most beautiful cities in the world and noting its recent gang violence [“Gang wars fester in Vancouver, B.C.,” News, March 29]. These problems are real. But they are nothing compared to the violence experienced every day by the poor…

The Seattle Times Peace Arch Park at the U.S.-Canada border will be seen by hordes of traffic heading to and from the Vancouver Olympics next year. New driver’s license program far from tepid Editor, The Times: I am disappointed that your newspaper chose “tepid” to refer to British Columbia’s work on making border crossings between Canada and the state…