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Letter: Surrey police 'fiasco' hurts all of Metro Vancouver

Letter: Surrey police 'fiasco' hurts all of Metro Vancouver

Decision around the Surrey Police Service has ramifications in Burnaby, Vancouver and beyond.
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Letter: If you don't hate children, then stop the damn pipeline

Letter: If you don't hate children, then stop the damn pipeline

"I do not want my tax dollars doing anything but protecting the environment that is remaining."
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Letter: Oil and gas companies don't need more taxpayer money

Letter: Oil and gas companies don't need more taxpayer money

Shifting to renewable energy sources is the only way forward for Canada, this writer says.
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Letter: One Indigenous mother's plea for the planet

Letter: One Indigenous mother's plea for the planet

Destroying the land in the name of fossil fuels is no way forward for Canada, she writes.
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Letter: North Burnaby doesn't need noise and potential disaster

Letter: North Burnaby doesn't need noise and potential disaster

Capitol Hill doesn't need more planes flying overhead, this resident says. Here's why.
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Opinion: Eby's eager-beaver spending spree might be smart politics, but it's bad economics

Opinion: Eby's eager-beaver spending spree might be smart politics, but it's bad economics

We are seeing more of the nature of our new premier. He is one-part eager beaver, one-part lone wolf. David Eby was the premier-in-waiting for many years.
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Rob Shaw: NDP has more questions than answers on Surrey policing issue

Rob Shaw: NDP has more questions than answers on Surrey policing issue

Faced with wildly different information from the Surrey Police Service, RCMP and City of Surrey over the cost, staffing and mechanics of cancelling the transition to a municipal police force, Mike Farnworth’s ministry has gone back to the drawing board with a series of detailed requests for information from everyone.
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Jack Knox: A punk legend's advice for new city councillors

Jack Knox: A punk legend's advice for new city councillors

Punk legend by night, city councillor by day, Joe Keithley has plenty of tips for council newcomers, including this one: Disagreements are fine, but confrontation won’t get you far.
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Editorial: How do we stop needless 911 calls?

Editorial: How do we stop needless 911 calls?

The number of nuisance 911 calls is growing — and it's mainly a result of thoughtlessness.
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Housing remains atop the priority list for B.C.’s young adults

Housing remains atop the priority list for B.C.’s young adults

Nearly half of British Columbians think the actions of the provincial government will be effective in making housing more affordable.
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