Opinion

Editor: I thought the environmental impact of tree removal due to single homes being demolished only to be replaced with bigger single homes and the lack of protection that "protected trees" actually have in Burnaby might be of interest (to readers).

Workers in Canada will have access to a federal paid sick leave benefit, but it doesn’t go far enough.

It took six whole minutes for the first car alarm to go off on the ferry. This was Monday, the noon sailing from ­Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay. The racket wasn’t enough to chase passengers out of their vehicles, though.

B.C. Liberals used the gambit 19 years ago and although it sparked an argument, they felt it worked. The NDP used a modified, targeted version just three years ago, and are convinced it worked as well.

On the eve of the 2017 B.C. election, I used this space to plot a potential path to victory for the BC NDP and, wouldn’t you know it, they followed it almost to the letter.

Know any Latin? Probably not – it is a dead language, after all. But there’s one phrase you may have at least heard of: caveat emptor . It means, literally, “let the buyer beware.

Editor: I am a resident of Forest Grove on Burnaby Mountain and for years have argued against the proposed Burnaby Mountain gondola that may, or may not, run directly over my neighbourhood.

Dear Editor, At the end of June, B.C. had reduced COVID-19 cases to about 150 active cases and about 15 new cases daily.

“Broken promises don’t upset me. I just think: ‘Why did they believe me?’ ” — Jack Handy, Deep Thoughts. “Read my lips, no new taxes,” promised George Bush the Elder in 1988, and Americans made him president.

The Editor: Re. “ Letter: Coquitlam's Confucius Institute should be closed ,” (Tri-City News, Sept.