Opinion

Editor:Re: Burnaby turning into a place only for affluent, NOW letters, Aug. 8. I wish to correct some of the information provided by Greg Bourgeois.

It pains me to do this, but the law is the law and sometimes you have to make a personal stand. Thus, I would like to report a violation of the UN Convention Against Torture. A war crime, committed against me. By my children.

Picture this dream scenario: My family of five is sitting and waiting in the stuffy, crowded lobby of our local family restaurant. We are impatient. We are hangry. Suddenly, my youngest begins to scream.

To mark the suffering of the approximately 150,000 Indigenous children forced into residential schools, the federal government is planning a new statutory holiday. We support that plan – if it’s done right.

The NDP government will provide its first official update of its finances within a few weeks, and there are some indications that not all things are as rosy as they appeared in the budget when it was tabled in February.

When you think of political prisoners names like Mahatma Gandhi, Emma Goldman and Nelson Mandela might come to mind.

Camp Cloud is now in ruins, with City of Burnaby crews cleaning up the remnants of a place people used to call home. Since last Friday’s ruling by B.C.

If you’ve ever had one of those moments where you were thinking something and somebody suddenly blurts out the same topic, then you’ll understand the level of freakiness of one of my recent mornings.

We can no longer claim not to have been warned. Climate change means drier summers and more wildfires on the West Coast.

Editor: Re: Analysis: So, when will Burnaby evict Camp Cloud and who gets to watch? NOW online opinion As a resident of Burnaby and longtime opponent of the pipeline expansion, I am sorry that it has come to this – the injunction for dismantling Camp