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OUR VIEW: PM should be careful when hitching rides

OUR VIEW: PM should be careful when hitching rides

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing some tropical heat after we learned his family spent their vacation on the private island of the Aga Khan, a billionaire philanthropist and spiritual leader to 15 million Ismaili Muslims, including many who set
LETTERS: The people can defeat Kinder Morgan

LETTERS: The people can defeat Kinder Morgan

Dear Editor: Christy Clark’s predictable approval of KinderMorgan’s pipeline jeopardizes our coast, betrays B.C. interests and makes a mockery of “climate leadership.
LETTERS: Yes, assessed values can be wrong

LETTERS: Yes, assessed values can be wrong

Dear Editor: Unlike Mr. Gordon Foy (Letters to the Editor NOW January 20) who stated that “Assessment values aren’t just made up,” we, Brentwood residents for 60 years, checked our B.C. Assessment online.
OPINION: No end in sight for B.C.'s drug crisis

OPINION: No end in sight for B.C.'s drug crisis

Chances are most of us have lost someone to cancer, heart disease or a stroke, since those are the three leading causes of death in our general population.
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.