Opinion

The numbers showing the reach of the housing speculation tax are out and they are underwhelming. Just 2,410 B.C. residents are paying the tax. That’s it. A mere 2,410 people. That is less than 0.1 per cent of eligible voters in this province.

People were cheering the residents of Gibsons, B.C. yesterday when they pledged to fix the town’s three rainbow crosswalks after they were defaced with white paint. The three crosswalks had recently been added by the town.

Editor: (Editor’s note: With the recent killing of a bear on Burnaby Mountain and a bear that wandered through Edmonds on Friday, we’re posting a letter from our sister paper, the Tri-City News on this subject.

Editor: As a resident of Burnaby, I would like to know just how Mr. Trudeau plans to carry on with the doomed Trans Mountain pipeline in the face of such deep opposition from native and non-native citizens alike.

The only time I’ve ever lined up for dessert was in Portland, Oregon at Voodoo Doughnut. It was worth it. I got a grape (my favourite flavour) donut the size of a Frisbee and enjoyed every last bite.

Editor: Re: It's been traffic chaos on this Burnaby road. Did anyone warn us? Re: Letter: This Burnaby intersection's signals need changing to save lives What you described just happened to me word-for-word yesterday.

I like shopping at Miniso. The company has a store in Burnaby next to Simon Fraser University. It’s filled with gadgets and funky stuff. But that might be in doubt as the parent company struggles with its financial situation.

Paul Blart, eat your heart out. The cinematic mall cop gave all private security staff a bad name with his buffoonish behaviour. But I witnessed the exact opposite at around 3:45 p.m. Friday afternoon at Metrotown mall in Burnaby.

When Terry Christenson was arrested Wednesday after using a snorkel to sneak onto the grounds of the Westridge Terminal in Burnaby, a news release heralding this event called him a “protesting grandpa.

Dear Editor, Recent media reports indicate that Union of B.C.