Opinion

Do people donate to charities because they were raised to believe that one helps the needy? Do some donate because they themselves were raised poor and know what it’s like to have nothing and then have a neighbour or stranger give them something that

To figure out how our provincial political parties think they are going to be affected by the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion controversy in the coming election campaign, it may be best to examine how their leaders have dealt with this issue over ti

Dear Editor Re: Cost of Supreme Court ruling could be huge: board chair, Trending, Nov. 18. I wonder who is hiding behind “Burnaby Capitalist”? He (or she) consistently demonstrates the value of a poor education.

Dear Editor: Canada’s schools are repeatedly under-funded, and have been for some time. On top of this, unlike some other public organizations, school authorities are not able to recover the full amount of GST they pay on their expenses.

As the fentanyl crisis continues in B.C., the issue of what to do about the growing number of deaths connected to the drug has become a political football. Especially in the Lower Mainland, it’s a scary and emotional issue with the public.

Dear Editor On the question of the opposed Kinder Morgan pipeline project, the Trudeau government just didn’t get it.

Dear Editor Let us divide the Kinder Morgan pipeline issue into two components, climate change and getting bitumen from Alberta to tidewater.

As if Mother Nature got sick of hearing us complain about the record number of days of rain we’ve had this fall, she decided to change things up this week.

On the one hand it’s kind of endearing. On the other hand, it’s starting to look a lot like just old plain political evasion.

The federal committee charged with researching and coming up with ideas to reform Canada’s electoral system says we should decide by referendum whether to keep the first-past-the-post system or switch to some form of proportional representation.