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OUR VIEW: Would you pay for home mail delivery?

OUR VIEW: Would you pay for home mail delivery?

Can Burnaby residents live without daily mail service or are they willing to pay more for home delivery or faster delivery? Could delivering recreational marijuana – if cannabis is legalized – help make up for losses in letter mail and ad mail? These
OUR VIEW: We need a food bank tax

OUR VIEW: We need a food bank tax

Is it a coincidence that B.C. is seeing more families and seniors depending on food banks to survive and that the province’s minimum wage is $10.
LETTERS: Clark is just out buying votes

LETTERS: Clark is just out buying votes

Dear Editor Re: Premier comes bearing $500 million.
LETTERS: Gas price hikes make no sense

LETTERS: Gas price hikes make no sense

Dear Editor Can someone explain to me why, on the one hand, the development of an LNG industry in B.C. is impeded by a supply glut – thereby depressing the price – of natural gas, while on the other hand Fortis B.C.
OPINION: B.C. economy could be good news for NDP

OPINION: B.C. economy could be good news for NDP

The rosy state of the B.C. government's financial books is good news for the B.C. Liberals as they seek election, but it's potentially even better news for the New Democratic Party.
OUR VIEW: This needs much more than a review

OUR VIEW: This needs much more than a review

Ever wonder about the real value of a free press and journalism? If you haven’t – that’s completely understandable. For decades we’ve all taken it mostly for granted. Journalists expose injustice, unfairness, corruption. That’s their job.
OPINION: B.C. NDP torn about pipeline

OPINION: B.C. NDP torn about pipeline

As it increasingly looks like the federal government will approve the Kinder Morgan pipeline project, it will be interesting to see how the B.C. political parties react to the decision and how it will factor into next spring’s election outcome.
LETTERS: How about some cheerful news?

LETTERS: How about some cheerful news?

Dear Editor I have lived here over 50 years. Your paper is getting more left-leaning.
LETTERS: MP urged to say ‘No’ to pipeline expansion

LETTERS: MP urged to say ‘No’ to pipeline expansion

Dear Editor Big thanks to MP Terry Beech and his staff for pulling together the Sept. 7 public forum on the Kinder Morgan pipeline.
LETTERS: Charity should be encouraged

LETTERS: Charity should be encouraged

Dear Editor Re: Businesses pitch in to help Burnaby man, Burnaby NOW , Sept. 9. Voluntary association and charity will always be more powerful than the government. We barely have any community.