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Can Jagmeet Singh control Svend Robinson? Should he even try?

Can Jagmeet Singh control Svend Robinson? Should he even try?

When Svend Robinson announced he was running for the job of MP in Burnaby North-Seymour, I wondered which Svend Robinson we would be getting in this year’s election campaign. Would it be the brash, outspoken MP who once heckled U.S.
Be careful what you wish for with private auto insurance

Be careful what you wish for with private auto insurance

Imagine a land where drivers pay 55-per-cent more for auto insurance than other drivers in Canada; a land where an insurance company may not cover you because of the city you live in; and a land where your automobile insurance premium isn't based on
Column: 2019 political prospects riding on pipeline outcome

Column: 2019 political prospects riding on pipeline outcome

Parties stand to gain or lose in the year ahead from potential Trans Mountain project restart
Letter: Law-breaking protesters should pay $1.2M bill - not Burnaby taxpayers

Letter: Law-breaking protesters should pay $1.2M bill - not Burnaby taxpayers

Editor: Re: Letter: Send $1.2-million policing bill to Derek Corrigan, NOW online, Jan. 31 In response to the letter from Mr. Savage regarding sending the $1.
Letter: Send $1.2-million policing bill to Derek Corrigan

Letter: Send $1.2-million policing bill to Derek Corrigan

Editor: Re: Burnaby mayor wants feds to pay $1.2 million protest policing costs, NOW online, Jan. 30 Surprise, surprise that the City of Burnaby taxpayers will probably get stuck with the $1.
Les Leyne: One clear loser in key vote: Weaver’s B.C. Greens

Les Leyne: One clear loser in key vote: Weaver’s B.C. Greens

New Democrat Sheila Malcolmson maintained the status quo in Nanaimo and B.C. Wednesday night. The big new development was the Green collapse. Malcolmson withstood a strong challenge from B.C.
That Marissa Shen protest was really just about bashing immigrants

That Marissa Shen protest was really just about bashing immigrants

The man accused of murdering Burnaby teen Marrisa Shen in 2017 was in court yesterday (Tuesday) for an uneventful appearance.
Letter: Anti-SOGI advocate's shift in strategy a means to an end

Letter: Anti-SOGI advocate's shift in strategy a means to an end

Editor: Re People’s Party of Canada candidate Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson I read with some interest what PPC candidate Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson had to say about her strategy in the upcoming Burnaby South byelection in February.
Burnaby cops warned drivers they would be handing out tickets. Drivers didn’t listen.

Burnaby cops warned drivers they would be handing out tickets. Drivers didn’t listen.

The Burnaby RCMP’s traffic enforcement section sent out a tweet on Monday about what it planned on doing that day. Normally warning potential law-breakers about enforcement is not a good idea for police. But this is drivers we’re talking about.
Curbing toxic masculinity starts with the parents

Curbing toxic masculinity starts with the parents

It starts when they’re still in the womb.