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OPINION: Pipeline support makes no sense

OPINION: Pipeline support makes no sense

When it comes to B.C. Liberal Premier Christy Clark giving the go-ahead on the five conditions for the Kinder Morgan expansion project, I do not see how the B.C.
LETTERS: Pipeline approval a cause for celebration

LETTERS: Pipeline approval a cause for celebration

Dear Editor Hurrah! Kinder Morgan’s twinned pipeline has won approval from both the federal and provincial government. Typically, Mayor Corrigan comes forward and says he plans to waste more of Burnaby taxpayers’ money trying to stop it.
LETTERS: Assessment values aren’t just made up

LETTERS: Assessment values aren’t just made up

Dear Editor In the Jan. 13 NOW , there is a letter from Charnjit Singh Bal denigrating B.C. Assessment for the latest home assessments. B.C. Assessment doesn’t just make up random numbers, as the letter writer seems to imply.
OUR VIEW: Share those tales of kindness with others

OUR VIEW: Share those tales of kindness with others

It’s always a good time to share stories of good deeds and generosity. As a community news organization, we’re in the fortunate position of hearing about good deeds through the groups we cover and our readers.
OPINION: NDP in a tough spot in B.C.

OPINION: NDP in a tough spot in B.C.

For a party that has a razor thin margin of error if it expects to win the upcoming election, the NDP can't be happy about a number of developments in recent days.
OUR VIEW: Will pipeline be a deciding issue in Burnaby?

OUR VIEW: Will pipeline be a deciding issue in Burnaby?

So if we have this right, Premier Christy Clark said the Kinder Morgan pipeline would not be approved by the province unless it met five conditions. Although Clark also said the province was not able to block the project.
LETTERS: Assessments are unfair to seniors

LETTERS: Assessments are unfair to seniors

Dear Editor An open letter to the Honourable Michael de Jong, B.C. Minister of Finance Dear Minister de Jong: Having received my assessment notice shortly before you announced the new threshold for the provincial homeowner grant being set at $1.
OPINION: Tackling the overdose crisis

OPINION: Tackling the overdose crisis

In 2016, British Columbians faced the public health emergency that is the overdose crisis. As of Nov. 30, 755 people in our province died this year due to an overdose – 259 of those deaths occurring in the Fraser Health region.
LETTERS: We need a ‘least-risk’ plan for pipelines

LETTERS: We need a ‘least-risk’ plan for pipelines

Dear Editor Who would have guessed that a B.C. passenger ferry (Queen of the North) would go down at the entrance to Douglas Channel, due to human error.
LETTERS: Assessments stand to hurt B.C.’s seniors

LETTERS: Assessments stand to hurt B.C.’s seniors

Dear Editor The bureaucratic cowboys at B.C. Assessment have set the stage for civic and provincial authorities to dip deeper into the not-too-deep pockets of homeowners, especially seniors . While the B.C.