Opinion

Byelections at any level are rarely game-changers, but in an unusual twist, we have two such contests underway in this province. The stakes are huge in both races.

Editor: Where were Kinder Morgan’s emergency response workers when the flames shot up into the sky at Aubrey and Pinehurst on Saturday night? A building near the tank farm exploded into fire in the rainy season.

To kick off its 10th Red Tape Awareness Week, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business emailed its annual Paperweights that highlight the “worst examples of red tape headaches for business owners across the country, ranging from the eye-rollin

Editor: Re: Burnaby council’s stand-alone initiative to make big houses bigger. Please help, my fellow citizens of Burnaby. I believe that this initiative of council under our new mayor and the old council is to make big houses bigger.

Move them closer to windows, reduce watering and amp up the fertilizer.

Thursday was a crazy day.

Editor: Re: Most British Columbians back proposed ban on smoking in apartments, NOW Opinion, Jan.

Editor: Re: Svend Robinson speaks to the NOW about why he’s running again, NOW, Jan. 17 Regarding the crude and offensive reaction to Svend Robinson’s attempted political comeback - when did Canada and B.C.

It took about 30 seconds after Karen Wang pulled up for the tears to start flowing. Not from Wang – her mother began sobbing as soon as the media got close to her.

When political parties look to field a roster of candidates, there can often be a tug of war between the national or provincial officials and the local riding associations. The two sides can sometimes look for very different things in a candidate.