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Our View: This Sunday, it doesn't matter if the barista screwed up

Our View: This Sunday, it doesn't matter if the barista screwed up

We have a simple request for this coming Sunday. Don’t complain. Especially on social media. If the barista accidentally put some foam on your hot beverage – even though you clearly said, “no foam” – let it go.
Letter: My father's astounding survival still astonishes me

Letter: My father's astounding survival still astonishes me

Editor: Every year on Remembrance Day, I lay a wreath at the Confederation Park Cenotaph in north Burnaby in memory of my father, Donald Evans.
Threat of prosecution no match for idiot dumpers on Burnaby Mountain

Threat of prosecution no match for idiot dumpers on Burnaby Mountain

There are some really smart kids who live up at the UniverCity housing development on Burnaby Mountain. Many of them live in my building.
OUR VIEW: Fear is an unfair tactic in the electoral reform referendum

OUR VIEW: Fear is an unfair tactic in the electoral reform referendum

Fear is a better motivator than thoughtful discussion when it comes to voting. Scary video that seems to show people’s jobs and way of life being threatened, whether true or not, can do a lot to get people to the polls and vote a certain way.
OUR VIEW: Burnaby needs to keep seniors in mind

OUR VIEW: Burnaby needs to keep seniors in mind

Municipal elections are but a distant memory (or nightmare) for candidates, citizens and journalists. It was a hard-fought campaign that centred around housing affordability – as it should have been.
Les Leyne: Intent aside, new MLA-recall rules look suspicious

Les Leyne: Intent aside, new MLA-recall rules look suspicious

The New Democrat government has some valid reasons for changing the rules around the petition process allowing voters to fire MLAs mid-term.
BLOG: Time to stop ignoring what adoptees have to say

BLOG: Time to stop ignoring what adoptees have to say

Too often the focus is on the impact to people who are doing the adopting
COLUMN: B.C. Liberals are finally back in the game

COLUMN: B.C. Liberals are finally back in the game

They have been in the doldrums since they were dumped from power 16 months ago, but this past weekend may prove to be the time that B.C. Liberals finally got themselves back in the game.
We found the most yelly parkade in all of B.C.

We found the most yelly parkade in all of B.C.

If you’ve been contemplating a weekend trip over to Victoria we’ve got something that might push you over the edge to commit and make that ferry reservation: the most yelly parkade in all of British Columbia.
Janet Routledge: The questions and answers are clear, we need PR

Janet Routledge: The questions and answers are clear, we need PR

Editor : I’ve read a lot of misleading comments recently when it comes to changing how we vote. It’s time for us to improve and modernize the way we vote in B.C. so that governments work for everyone, and so that every vote counts.