Opinion

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There are often many sides to a story. When it comes to child support payments, I can see both parents’ points of view. For more than a decade, I received child support for my kids. I’m also married to someone who paid child and spousal support.

Before I managed to make it back home to North Burnaby, I lived in on Blue Mountain Street in Coquitlam. It was as close as I could get to the Burnaby border and still afford more than one bedroom.

Competition for the right talent is tight. B.C.’s job vacancy rate reached a high of 4.8 per cent in Q3 2018, and employers in all industries are struggling to fill positions.

Editor: Re: Burnaby should displace homeowners, not renters , NOW March 5 Burnaby needs more mid-density ground-oriented housing.

Re: “Doctors call for ‘heroin compassion clubs’ to reduce overdose deaths,” Feb. 28. The B.C. overdose rate is unacceptable and requires drastic measures; heroin compassion clubs are not the solution. 2017 saw 1,487 people die, while 2018 saw 1,489.

Research shows more crime, accidents linked to changing clocks twice yearly

Are you aware of your habits and their importance to your health and happiness? Most of us recognize at least some of our bad habits. If you don’t, someone you live with certainly will.

Everything we do is a choice. From the moment we wake up in the morning, until the time we come to the day's end, we choose everything we do and the way we react to every situation.

Our family has adopted an eight-week-old puppy from a pet rescue - a sweet Dalmatian who had been rejected for being “too ugly” due to her sparse display of spots.