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OUR VIEW: Sexism taken for granted unless it’s ‘huge’

OUR VIEW: Sexism taken for granted unless it’s ‘huge’

This dates us, but the Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, presidential debate on Monday reminds us of the Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs tennis match in 1973.
OUR VIEW: If we weren't so nice, we'd be gloating

OUR VIEW: If we weren't so nice, we'd be gloating

It’s been a week of spectacle on both sides of the 49th parallel – and that spectacle has gone a long way to driving home the differences in the two countries that share our long and undefended border.
LETTERS: No subsidies? Might want to rethink that one

LETTERS: No subsidies? Might want to rethink that one

Dear Editor Re: Pipeline opposition is not at 100 per cent, Inbox, Burnaby NOW, Sept. 23.
LETTERS: 'Hunger tax' is not the answer

LETTERS: 'Hunger tax' is not the answer

Dear Editor Re: It’s time for a ‘food bank tax’ in Canada, Our View, Burnaby NOW,Sept. 21. I have supported the food bank for most of my working life. I am now in a position that I can and do generously support it.
OPINION: When will Trudeau's popularity wane?

OPINION: When will Trudeau's popularity wane?

I was a bit taken aback when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau drew the loudest roar from the crowd of any guest when he was introduced at the B.C. legislature on the weekend along with the visiting royal couple, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
LETTERS: Pipeline opposition is not at 100 per cent

LETTERS: Pipeline opposition is not at 100 per cent

Dear Editor Re: Burnaby’s voice is clear, Opinion, Burnaby NOW, Sept. 2. Caitlyn Vernon is correct. In Burnaby it is possible to pack an anti-oil meeting. You can always count on Lead Now, Dogwood, BROKE and the various other supporters to show up.
OPINION: Two-tier care is no solution

OPINION: Two-tier care is no solution

After years of delay, Dr. Brian Day’s case against the B.C. government is now being heard in B.C. Supreme Court. Day and his private for-profit Cambie Surgery Centre are challenging the parts of the B.C.
OPINION: 'Social licence' is not what you think

OPINION: 'Social licence' is not what you think

If you're in government, that is
LETTERS: B.C. Liberals have made priorities clear

LETTERS: B.C. Liberals have made priorities clear

Dear Editor It’s mind-boggling that a government would create a 17-member panel of experts to advise it on an important issue like climate change, sit on its report for almost a year, and then summarily consign it to the scrap heap because it suppose
OPINION: How can we save the news?

OPINION: How can we save the news?

For those directly involved in the news business, there has been much speculation and guessing of what is needed to keep not only newspapers, but the media in general, afloat and healthy in Canada in the internet age.