Opinion

COLUMN: Look past the rhetoric on B.C. electoral reform

The ballots for the referendum on electoral reform are just starting to arrive in everyone’s home, and already I’m getting tired of the rhetoric and exaggerations from those on both sides of the debate.

Oct 30, 2018 11:35 AM Read more >

BLOG: Dear Grumpy People, please don't wreck Halloween for the kids

Ah, Halloween.

Oct 30, 2018 10:33 AM Read more >

Letter: Stop saying we're too dumb to understand prop rep

Re: This is why you should vote no in the referendum , NOW online, Oct.

Oct 30, 2018 9:29 AM Read more >

Les Leyne: End of Greyhound service widens rural-urban gap

Greyhound’s Canadian operations were founded in B.C., but after 89 years, the last passenger bus will roll to a stop here on Wednesday.

Oct 30, 2018 12:53 AM Read more >

Two reasons the federal NDP should stop whining about Burnaby South

As reported here Sunday on the Burnaby NOW website, the federal NDP are making a big issue out of the fact that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals didn’t announce a byelection for Burnaby South yesterday.

Oct 29, 2018 5:20 AM Read more >

Letter: 'Cry me a river' about Burnaby mayor not getting city pension

Editor: Re: Mayor Corrigan deserves pension , NOW , Oct. 26 Cry me a river, Mr. Volkow. Really, a pension for mayor after 31 years of service? No way. Your own deputy director of finance indicates that every pay period Mr.

Oct 28, 2018 6:25 AM Read more >

OPINION: Terry Beech's idea to replace tank farm with condos would threaten Burnaby Mountain ecology

Re: Beech’s big idea, NOW, Oct.

Oct 26, 2018 4:00 PM Read more >

Burnaby MP denies his condo-tank farm plan is 'ridiculous'

Editor: I read with great interest your blog published on Oct. 25, 2018. I would like to start this letter with an apology.

Oct 25, 2018 6:07 PM Read more >

OUR VIEW: Get to know the acronyms and the facts on proportional representation

So, you thought you were finished with voting? You thought you were done with petty politics, exaggerated claims and hysterical fear mongering? You thought you were done having to research in order to make an informed decision? You were mistaken.

Oct 25, 2018 5:52 PM Read more >

Letter: Prop rep referendum is all about power and representation

Editor: The referendum on proportional representation (PR) that we are now voting on is all about better representation and about power.

Oct 25, 2018 9:15 AM Read more >