Opinion

Dear Editor: I would very much like an explanation from Shoppers Drug Mart regarding the cancellation of the oldies music played over the intercom on Seniors Thursdays. I always enjoyed going into the Kensington Plaza Shoppers Drug Mart on Thursdays.

Dear Editor: Mayor Derek Corrigan made a statement the other day that it’s unrealistic of those of us living in older rentals in the Metrotown area to expect to continue to live there and pay a rent of $400 a month for our apartments.

Dear Editor: My, my, where were these passionate voices when those being evicted from all of the low-income housing in the Metrotown area were being ignored by this same mayor and council, and by the way, are still being ignored? We are more in need

Dear Editor: I have been a resident of Burnaby for 40 years and have enjoyed your paper. But I am unhappy with the article you published in your June 28 edition. It was by Chef Dez regarding “The tips and tricks to thawing meat the right way.

Dear Editor: Monday night’s council meeting told it all. This was my first attendance at a Burnaby city council meeting.

On Monday evening I attended a meeting of Burnaby city council, as I wanted to show support for the delegation of the Burnaby Arts Council, who were questioning the city’s position on the need for a new art gallery.

Is smoke and flame the new normal? After days of wildfires ravaging the B.C. Interior – and no end in sight – it’s starting to feel like it.

Dear Editor: Instead of hiring staff to try to find the illegal dumpers, I suggest the following: Burnaby should offer a reward for the conviction of said dumpers.

Dear Editor: Re: If you can’t afford child care, then stay home (Inbox, Burnaby NOW , June 14). In our province, we don’t ask a 10-year-old how much money their parents make before we make a publicly funded space available in Grade 5.

Dear Editor: The decision not to hold a byelection for (Burnaby city councillor Anne) Kang’s seat is an abdication of democratic principles.