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OUR VIEW: Voters just want gov’t to fix things

OUR VIEW: Voters just want gov’t to fix things

Let’s be clear. There will be no honeymoon period for the new NDP-Green party coalition government.
OPINION: Senate might be author of its own destruction

OPINION: Senate might be author of its own destruction

Hell hath no fury like Liberal senators scorned.
Oh, Canada – we are grateful for it all

Oh, Canada – we are grateful for it all

Just for one day, put it all aside. Forget squabbling over partisan politics and fretting over budgets and arguing over the best way to solve the hot-button issues of the moment. Instead, take a moment to think about why you’re lucky to be in Canada.
OPINION: Why B.C. needs another election. Now.

OPINION: Why B.C. needs another election. Now.

Once an NDP government elects a speaker, there will be 43 MLAs on each side of the House. It’s an untenable situation, says former attorney general Geoffrey Plant
OPINION: Chill out. This is healthy for our democracy

OPINION: Chill out. This is healthy for our democracy

It appears this province is going to get a new government and guess what: the sky will not fall and the sun will still come out (well, occasionally). There seems to be a lot of nervous handwringing going on as the B.C.
OUR VIEW: A plague of old mattresses and TVs

OUR VIEW: A plague of old mattresses and TVs

The City of Burnaby is looking into stiffer penalties for illegal dumping. Yahoo, we say, yahoo. There seems to be more and more old mattresses, recliners, TVs and broken appliances ending up near ravines, deadends and, yes, even public parks.
OPINION: How can parties spend so much?

OPINION: How can parties spend so much?

Athletes seek it, why wouldn’t politicians try and do the same? The little things that can help a party gain an edge in a campaign where every vote really did count this time.
LETTERS: Just quit eating meat

LETTERS: Just quit eating meat

Dear Editor: Re: System needs more than whistleblowers, Our View, Burnaby NOW, June 21.
OUR VIEW: Will these crafty moves save the Liberals?

OUR VIEW: Will these crafty moves save the Liberals?

Nobody said she wasn’t crafty. Christy Clark has decided long-defended Liberal policies are perfectly disposable if she believes she can squeeze out more time as premier.
OUR VIEW: System needs more than whistleblowers

OUR VIEW: System needs more than whistleblowers

Cruelty to animals in the food industry was front and centre last week after the release of a sickening undercover video from the group Mercy for Animals showing workers at a commercial poultry operation sadistically abusing the chickens under their