Opinion

An SFU professor who is halfway through his quest to find out why people are enthralled by everything from UFOs to Ogopogo has caught our attention – if only because journalists pride themselves on being the biggest skeptics.

Dear Editor: In the midst of a severe housing crisis that is occurring throughout the Lower Mainland, it’s nice to see some good news.

During the last two weeks we, and the citizens of B.C., have been deluged by government announcements on everything from Sparwood infrastructure improvements to Uber. There really seems to be something for everyone.

Dear Editor: Re: Group wants all tenants compensated, Burnaby NOW , March 2.

Dear Editor: Homelessness is a problem I hear about every day, yet no one has ever mentioned the problems involved with getting rid of a bad tenant who knows how the system works.

While our two main provincial parties continue to snipe at each other on a daily basis, they both may want to glance over their shoulders at something that may prove to be a significant factor in how either of those parties fare on Election Day.

In B.C. Budget 2017, the provincial government continues to ignore the crisis of poverty and inequality in B.C. In fact, if you search for “poverty” in the budget document, there is not one single mention of this issue, despite B.C.

The B.C. Liberals should stick to their guns and oppose any efforts to change the rules around political donations.

Dear Editor: We all know that big money political donations can influence elections. B.C. does not have limitations on donors of big money and this money can play an influential role in an election.

There’s Pink Shirt Day. Then there’s the North Van parents in the stands at a minor hockey game who ably demonstrated last week why we have so much work still to do.