Opinion

Dear Editor Despite the notorious and now-retracted statement that an oil spill would benefit the local economy, it's safe to say that even Kinder Morgan would not welcome a coastal oil spill.

Dear Editor Re: The chequered road to civic power, Burnaby NOW, Opinion, March 4 It is good for us to be made aware of the need for severe limits on municipal election spending in Burnaby.

The transit plebiscite ballots are set to arrive in homes starting next week, which means the campaign over whether or not to hike the sales tax by a half point in Metro Vancouver is really just beginning.

A little more than four years ago, a candidate for the leadership of the B.C.

Dear Editor The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Two hundred and fifty years ago Edmund Burke made this observation, and it continues to ring true.

Dear Editor Re: MLA Jane Shin's housing crisis, Burnaby NOW, Feb. 27. The recent article by Ms. Moreau is unbelievable. If MLA Jane Shin's housing crisis was made into a motion picture, it would open with "loosely based on a true story.

We've all seen them - or, more accurately, been stuck behind them - as they blissfully cruise down Highway 1 or the Lougheed Highway in the fast line, with cars and trucks piling up behind.

Is it time for the provincial government to crack down on municipal election spending? It’s a question that’s being asked around the province since election spending reports were released last week.

Dear Editor: So, the B.C. Liberals produced a balanced budget. Accordingly to the premier, it's a feat that might not be equalled by any other province this year.

Dear Editor Could Mayor Corrigan be considered a terrorist, asks the rather prolix member from Burnaby-Douglas, because of his participation in a demonstration against Kinder Morgan on Burnaby Mountain this summer? He asks this, presumably, out of fe