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OLDER AND WISER: Volunteering won't make you money but it could profit your health

OLDER AND WISER: Volunteering won't make you money but it could profit your health

Who wants to feel good about themselves? Who wants to increase their skills and gain new experiences? Who wants to connect with people in a positive way? These questions are at the heart of why some of us volunteer.
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Letter: How is it in the national interest to impose Trans Mountain on B.C.?

Letter: How is it in the national interest to impose Trans Mountain on B.C.?

Editor: The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will include oil storage tanks adjacent to Simon Fraser University, residential neighbourhoods and the Burrard Inlet. The universities in both Calgary and Edmonton are located in [similar] settings.
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Letter: Skunk rescue a reminder litter can be deadly

Letter: Skunk rescue a reminder litter can be deadly

Editor: Three cheers for the woman who rescued a skunk whose head was stuck in a fast-food cup. Her kindness is a reminder that litter can be deadly.
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Letter: Building Trans Mountain is a big middle finger to young people

Letter: Building Trans Mountain is a big middle finger to young people

Editor: It’s becoming very concerning to me that this federally owned pipeline (which was deemed a failure by its original owners) is supported (yet again) by a corrupt National Energy Board, which also publicly states the pipeline will be detrimenta
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We shouldn't reduce the number of Burnaby city salaries made public

We shouldn't reduce the number of Burnaby city salaries made public

A Burnaby city staff report wants fewer of civic employees' salaries made public. That’s a bad idea. An interesting report is on tonight’s Burnaby council agenda involving this issue.
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Stop asking your Facebook mommy group for medical advice and go to the doctor

Stop asking your Facebook mommy group for medical advice and go to the doctor

I pop onto my local Facebook moms’ group page on a daily basis to see what’s happening in the digital world.
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Christy Clark can offer Justin Trudeau lessons on staring down a caucus revolt

Christy Clark can offer Justin Trudeau lessons on staring down a caucus revolt

As he watches a seemingly never-ending scandal dog his leadership, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau might be wise to study how recent B.C. political party leaders handled their own times of trouble.
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The pollster that got the Nanaimo byelection wrong says the BC NDP is leading

The pollster that got the Nanaimo byelection wrong says the BC NDP is leading

Back in January of this year, Mainstreet Research released a poll saying the BC Liberals had a “13-point lead” over the BC NDP in the Nanaimo byelection. I put the number in quotation marks because that ginormous lead turned out to be wrong.
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Letter: Burnaby film crew didn't make a 'mess' in my area

Letter: Burnaby film crew didn't make a 'mess' in my area

Editor: Re: Burnaby residents shouldn’t have to clean up a film crew’s mess , NOW Letters online, March 22 I live in the “quiet Crest neighbourhood” that was referred to in this letter and I can say unequivocally that not one of us had to “clean up a
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I'm being arrested for 'fake news' and I need Burnaby residents to 'bail' me out

I'm being arrested for 'fake news' and I need Burnaby residents to 'bail' me out

I’m going to be arrested soon. It’s nice that I know about it ahead of time. That gives me time to prepare. The crime is “fake news” and the Burnaby RCMP will clamp on the bracelets on May 3 at my office.
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