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LETTERS: Pipeline plan is 'morally delinquent'

LETTERS: Pipeline plan is 'morally delinquent'

Dear Editor: Re: Risks outweigh benefits (Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW , Jan.19) This letter states the truth of the matter with regard to the Kinder Morgan pipeline project. As B.C.
OPINION: Liberal leadership race limps towards the finish line

OPINION: Liberal leadership race limps towards the finish line

The B.C. Liberal leadership races concludes (finally) later this week, so let’s take one last crack at handicapping the contest. The race seems to be genuinely limping towards conclusion.
BLOG: Of stranger danger and parent shaming

BLOG: Of stranger danger and parent shaming

I’m so over parent shaming. So very, very, very over it. The latest thing that got me going? This viral video currently making the rounds on Facebook with the screaming headline: “Abducting child in front of Dad.
LETTERS: It’s time for term limits on Burnaby city council

LETTERS: It’s time for term limits on Burnaby city council

Dear Editor: Several neighbours suggested to me that Burnaby council have a fixed two-term maximum for all elected individuals.
LETTERS: Churches shouldn’t get property tax exemption

LETTERS: Churches shouldn’t get property tax exemption

Dear Editor: Re: Churches battle over right to divvy up property, Burnaby NOW , Jan. 10. While I don’t really have a position on the specific dispute in this issue, I do have a concern.
OPINION: Here’s why oil tanker risk is real

OPINION: Here’s why oil tanker risk is real

The ingenuity of human stupidity, error, conceit, and yes, evil, eventually trumps, and I should perhaps capitalize that word, any and all safety systems (Mike’s Law). On Jan.
OUR VIEW: NEB has emboldened ‘blame city hall’ excuse

OUR VIEW: NEB has emboldened ‘blame city hall’ excuse

The current National Enerby Board hearings on the pipeline expansion route in Burnaby are exposing the Kinder Morgan spokespeople to some pretty direct questioning from the City of Burnaby’s lawyer, Greg McDade.
OUR VIEW: Transit decisions require vision and guts

OUR VIEW: Transit decisions require vision and guts

Which would you prefer? 1. Tolls on bridges being brought back. 2. Being charged a monthly fee based on how many kilometres you drove and what zones you drove to and from, or 3. None of the above.
OPINION: Has Andrew Weaver dealt a blow to electoral reform?

OPINION: Has Andrew Weaver dealt a blow to electoral reform?

Don’t look now, but B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver may have just given opponents of proportional representation – something he strongly supports – a formidable weapon.
LETTERS: Burnaby is failing to keep pedestrians safe

LETTERS: Burnaby is failing to keep pedestrians safe

Dear Editor: In the wake of the tragic pedestrian fatality on Cariboo Road, it is time for the City of Burnaby to start taking pedestrian safety more seriously.