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Monique Keiran: 'Singing' fish drowned out by human-made ocean noise

Monique Keiran: 'Singing' fish drowned out by human-made ocean noise

Just as all the noise humans make is making it harder for whales to hear each other and their own sonar under the waves, fish are struggling to hear over our racket
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Charla Huber: Child-care and family benefits were a game-changer

Charla Huber: Child-care and family benefits were a game-changer

Without the child-care subsidy, I wouldn’t have the career I have today
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Trevor Hancock: We need to start listening to the ‘doomsayers’

Trevor Hancock: We need to start listening to the ‘doomsayers’

The real doomsayers are those who, if we follow what they say, will lead us to our doom, not those issuing prudent warnings of real danger
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Letter: 'Ridiculous' Burnaby parking proposal is climate arson

Letter: 'Ridiculous' Burnaby parking proposal is climate arson

Fourteen stories of parking? No way, this writer says.
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Kirk LaPointe: Surrey police overhaul started as a bold move and ended as a hot mess

Kirk LaPointe: Surrey police overhaul started as a bold move and ended as a hot mess

Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke would be unwise to litigate following the province's decision on policing in Surrey, writes Kirk LaPointe
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Letter: New $70M Burnaby city hall is just 'hubris'

Letter: New $70M Burnaby city hall is just 'hubris'

We don't need another "big expensive shiny thing" in Burnaby, this writer says.
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Letter: Patterson site 'much more suitable' for Burnaby City Hall

Letter: Patterson site 'much more suitable' for Burnaby City Hall

If Burnaby City Hall needs to move, pick a better location — that's this writer's message.
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Opinion: Imbalance between new homes and new residents escalating unaffordability in B.C.

Opinion: Imbalance between new homes and new residents escalating unaffordability in B.C.

Growing wedge between the number of new homes being built in B.C. and population growth fuelled by surging in-migration is playing a starring role in the larger housing market story, according to BCBC economists
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Letter: Crack down on pollution from disposable masks

Letter: Crack down on pollution from disposable masks

Is it time for a deposit on disposable masks?
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Letter: Why stop at parking spaces? Limit toilets in Burnaby highrises, too

Letter: Why stop at parking spaces? Limit toilets in Burnaby highrises, too

This reader has a different take on limiting parking stalls in Burnaby highrises.
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