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LETTERS: Fixed incomes leave renters few choices

LETTERS: Fixed incomes leave renters few choices

Dear Editor I think it's terrible that some apartment buildings are being torn down and leaving people displaced with nowhere to go. Some of these people are on fixed incomes and can only afford so much. Myself, I live in a condo in Burnaby.
OUR VIEW: Wake up Canada, we're not so different

OUR VIEW: Wake up Canada, we're not so different

“Thank heavens I live in Canada.” We’re hearing that refrain more and more often as citizens of our fair nation look at the goings-on south of the border. Every time someone shares a story on social media about the shooting of a black man in the U.S.
LETTERS: Pipeline vital to provincial economy

LETTERS: Pipeline vital to provincial economy

Dear Editor Re: “Time to stop helping the fossil fuel economy,” Letters, Burnaby NOW, July 8. Charles Leduc’s letter “Time to stop helping the fossil fuel economy” is in error and illogical. Firstly, about 70 per cent of B.C.
LETTERS: Instructor should get to stay in Canada

LETTERS: Instructor should get to stay in Canada

Dear Editor Re: “It’s home and I don’t want to leave,” Burnaby NOW, July 8. I really enjoyed your newspaper article about Professor David Newman from SFU. Dr. Newman is a very devoted instructor and he is passionate about the subjects he teaches.
LETTERS: Newman’s plight needs media attention

LETTERS: Newman’s plight needs media attention

Dear Editor Re: “It’s home and I don’t want to leave,” Burnaby NOW, July 8. I believe that this situation certainly deserves media attention.
OUR VIEW: Real estate report answers nothing

OUR VIEW: Real estate report answers nothing

There are serious problems with B.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong’s efforts to disprove the foreign ownership myth last week – after just three weeks of studying the problem after changes to the property transfer tax form.
OPINION: Housing crisis isn’t going away

OPINION: Housing crisis isn’t going away

The housing crisis in Metro Vancouver is deepening to the point where the B.C. government is likely doing a re-think of its strategy in dealing with it.
LETTERS: Mayor is supposed to be working for citizens

LETTERS: Mayor is supposed to be working for citizens

Dear Editor Considering the comments attributed to Mayor Derek Corrigan, it seems he is actually jealous of the power First Nations people wield over lands they have never ceded to Canada, under treaties signed long before Canada was even a nation, a
LETTERS: Burnaby council needs to step up on demoviction issue

LETTERS: Burnaby council needs to step up on demoviction issue

Dear Editor I was present last Thursday night at the Metrotown planning meeting. A councillor should have been present to face the frustration and fear these demovicted Burnaby residents have and continue to endure.
LETTERS: What’s the real deal with Castro’s Cuba?

LETTERS: What’s the real deal with Castro’s Cuba?

Dear Editor It was not so long ago that the loudest local global warming denier was shooting his mouth off on a regular basis, insisting that it wasn’t happening, and never mind the science.