Opinion

Despite the recent federal promise of extra funding for marine spill response, I completely agree with the 30 environmental organizations who claimed last month that carrying diluted bitumen in tankers along B.C.'s coast should not be allowed.

How did we get it wrong? Well, not all of us, but certainly the majority. It’s a troubling question. Not because the media is so darn important to the democratic process – although that’s part of it.

If the government were listening to British Columbians, they would have heard that families are struggling to make ends meet with rising housing costs, childcare fees, MSP premiums, hydro rates, and food costs.

The Burnaby school board is urging the education minister to hold a by-election as soon as possible to replace the Vancouver school soard trustees it fired and replaced with a public administrator.

It’s not surprising that dead sea animals are washing up on shore near Bella Bella after a tug sank two weeks ago and released an unknown amount of the tug’s 226,840 litres of diesel and 10,000 litres of heavy oil and dirty bilge water escaped.

Dear Editor The merciless rezoning of Metrotown’s densest rental neighbourhood (Boundary-Grange/Kingsway- Royal Oak-Imperial) must stop immediately.

Dear Editor: Burnaby city council likes to tell people that there’s nothing they can do to alleviate the high cost of housing, and that it’s up to senior levels of government to provide affordable housing for us.

What could turn out to be one of the defining issues in the upcoming provincial election is coming into view, and it's not one of the usual topics.

News that’s guaranteed to cheer the hearts of a small number of B.C. companies is word that they’ve been added to a list of pre-qualified suppliers to the B.C. government.

We are relieved to see that a recent survey says that nine in 10 Canadians agree with distracted driving laws. But we’re really excited to see that two-thirds of Canadians in that same survey support distracted walking legislation.