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Some plants are just born hungry. So feed them well.

Some plants are just born hungry. So feed them well.

There is a lot of noise about fertilizer and plant food out there and it can be confusing. We are here to demystify the idea of “feeding your plants”. Do you need to fertilize? Some plants are like Ben, they are born hungry. Take roses for example.
Letter: Is this climate change fight too big?

Letter: Is this climate change fight too big?

The Editor, I fear the climate change challenge is too big for the world to handle.
Letter: Chagrined that an elderly couple stole stuff meant for kids' bottle drive

Letter: Chagrined that an elderly couple stole stuff meant for kids' bottle drive

Editor: On Saturday, April 6, the First Southwest Burnaby Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Venturers and Rovers held a bottle/can drive to support their programs and activities.
BC NDP leaving non-union care workers far behind

BC NDP leaving non-union care workers far behind

B.C. MLAs are in the second week of an increasingly bitter argument about a wage differential the NDP is establishing in the social-services network.
Letter: Bring on the Broadway subway line to UBC

Letter: Bring on the Broadway subway line to UBC

Re: “A Broadway subway line to UBC is not a regional priority,” April 8. Elizabeth Murphy’s opinion piece misrepresents the Mayors’ Council as agreeing on the idea that the line to UBC is “not a regional priority.
The only child shame game is becoming ludicrous

The only child shame game is becoming ludicrous

Parents with more than one child need to stop being so smug
Letter: Better ways of spending tax dollars than subsidizing LNG

Letter: Better ways of spending tax dollars than subsidizing LNG

Editor: Re: BC NDP are hypocrites on LNG, but that’s not such a bad thing, NOW Opinion, April 1 Until I get a sustainable, acceptable answer to my question, I will continue to ask: "Where does it say that people must work in fossil fuel extraction in
B.C. could end up surrounded by right-wing governments. Then what?

B.C. could end up surrounded by right-wing governments. Then what?

As the Trudeau government continues to implode and a radical right-wing populist appears to be poised to take over the government right next door, you can forgive B.C.
This Burnaby street needs a fence to save people from themselves

This Burnaby street needs a fence to save people from themselves

When I touched a hot iron with my finger at the age of five, my mom didn’t have much (any?) sympathy. “I told you once before my iron might be hot so you should never touch it, but you didn’t listen,” she said as I wiped away the tears.
Can the person who just won $55 million please do something crazy?

Can the person who just won $55 million please do something crazy?

What would you do with $55 million? Yeah, I know, there’s a joke in there about if you could actually afford a house in Vancouver, but it’s hard to laugh in the middle of a housing crisis.