Opinion

There was something almost Hollywood-like about the sky that hung over Burnaby on Sunday night. The golden-red light that glowed behind the heavy haze was eerily beautiful, in an apocalyptic, beginning-of-the-end-of-the-world sort of way.

It looks like the weather is going to cost B.C. taxpayers dearly this year, but the provincial government is still only taking baby steps when it comes to dealing with what appears to be the chaotic effects of changes in climate patterns.

Dear Editor I enjoyed the live bands and fireworks at Swangard Stadium yesterday celebrating Canada Day.

Dear Editor Regarding your editorial of July 3, I am in disbelief at your response to the recent plebiscite on transit funding. OK, you were disappointed, and you are, as everyone else, certainly free to express your personal opinion.

Dear Editor I was shocked to read in the article the quote of TransLink’s CEO Doug Allen where he claims that “the plebiscite results were about voters rejecting a tax increase, not about the public perception of TransLink.

Dear Editor I was saddened this morning when I hiked up to SFU and found that my favourite coffee house (Renaissance) was closing’s the doors on June 27.

Dear Editor In 1969, then Conservative Prime Minster Lester Pearson proposed to the world’s donor nations that we donate 0.7 per cent of our gross national income to overseas development assistance.

Dear Editor Media reports tell us that Rachel Notley and Justin Trudeau have decided that the Kinder Morgan twinning scheme is best for B.C. B.C.

The people have spoken – and they don’t trust TransLink with more of their hard-earned money.

Mark us down as disappointed – but not surprised. We were all pretty much expecting a No vote in the transit plebiscite. The only question was how resounding that No was going to be.