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Letter: Burnaby should extend Eileen Dailly pool hours

Letter: Burnaby should extend Eileen Dailly pool hours

One extra hour in the evenings could make a big difference.
Keith Baldrey: Government money can’t solve forest industry woes

Keith Baldrey: Government money can’t solve forest industry woes

Premier announces multimillion-dollar funding for B.C. mills, but shrinking timber supply is main driver of sector’s slide.
Jack Knox: Sending handmade love through the Victoria-Ukraine pipeline

Jack Knox: Sending handmade love through the Victoria-Ukraine pipeline

The Compassionate Resource Warehouse has filled 13 40-foot shipping containers with aid from Vancouver Island to help Ukrainians.
Jack Knox: How would you feel about becoming a lighthouse keeper?

Jack Knox: How would you feel about becoming a lighthouse keeper?

Even with a reduced number of light stations, it hasn’t been easy to find people to live/work at them.
Rob Shaw: Expect Eby to press street safety with Trudeau on Sunday – even if it’s at a parade

Rob Shaw: Expect Eby to press street safety with Trudeau on Sunday – even if it’s at a parade

Premier David Eby and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet face-to-face for the first time Sunday, as several key federal-provincial issues continue to fester unresolved.
Letter: Burnaby needs to get on with pool plans

Letter: Burnaby needs to get on with pool plans

"Stop consulting, start doing," says this writer.
Letter: Burnaby swimmers with kids "have effectively been shut out" of local pool

Letter: Burnaby swimmers with kids "have effectively been shut out" of local pool

"I am frustrated and disheartened by this disruption," says a Burnaby mom.
Letter: New flight paths over Burnaby aren't a problem

Letter: New flight paths over Burnaby aren't a problem

This pilot says take-offs are the noisiest part — and Richmond and South Vancouver will bear the brunt of those.
Letters: Burnaby pools have needed help for years

Letters: Burnaby pools have needed help for years

"Bureaucracy always wins; the environment and the taxpayers always lose."
Peter Ewart: We need more community control over our forests

Peter Ewart: We need more community control over our forests

For too long, government forest policy has been under the thumb of the giant globalized forest companies with just about everyone else relegated to the sidelines. And we are seeing the results of this lop-sided big company domination with the sorry state of our forests today.