Opinion

Dear Editor: Re: Pipeline expansion will benefit Burnaby residents (Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW , Jan.

Dear Editor: Something has to be done about the danger to pedestrians in Metrotown. There is little respect for pedestrians in marked crosswalks; cars are not yielding to pedestrians.

Vancouver’s got a chilling secret and I, for one, am going to put a stop to it.

A 15-year-old girl died Wednesday in Burnaby. While RCMP are still investigating the accident, there is one thing we know for sure – it is a tragedy that was probably preventable. The girl was attempting to cross Cariboo Road in the morning.

Dear Editor: re: Actually, Christmas was a pagan festival first, Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW, Jan. 10.

Dear Editor: For many of us the Korean peninsula was just another conflict in a distant and poorly understood country; now the Korean conflict is coming to Vancouver. On Jan.

Some of the newer faces in B.C. politics emerged last week, and you should get used to seeing them and hearing from them for some time yet.

Over the two weeks of Christmas break, driving in Metro Vancouver was the way I used to remember it. Getting around to appointments or shopping destinations, or even up to the North Shore mountains for some recreation, was a breeze.

Last week, the province increased the threshold for the provincial homeowner grant to $1.65 million, up $50,000 from the year before. This will keep a lot of homeowners happy, including those in Burnaby. But it likely isn’t the right thing to do.

If the 2018 B.C. Assessment numbers have given you cause to celebrate your new millionaire status, don’t get too comfortable. That jump in property value is a lot like a paper moon.