Opinion

Dear Editor: Re: Time for action on harm reduction, Our View, Burnaby NOW , Aug. 12. Excellent Op-Ed on the tragedy of losing one or two people a day to drug overdoses in BC, and the need to treat this as a health and not a moral issue.

Anxiety and stress levels are rising as Metrotown residents witness the teardown of yet another building followed by the sights and sounds of excavation and trucking activities, and the rapid rise of new condo towers that are advancing closer and clo

Dear Editor We’d like to take this opportunity to provide answers to some of the spill response questions that have been raised. Canada’s oil spill response regime is based on a strict ‘polluter pay’ principle.

Dear Editor Potential spills, explosions and fires; taxpayers’ cost in preparing for and dealing with them; property values; Kinder Morgan’s dubious safety record (including four Trans Mountain spills since 2005); earthquake risk; First Nations’ righ

Awareness of homelessness in Burnaby has changed drastically in the past ten years. Ten years ago our educational displays at community events were met with polite suspicion and disbelief. Burnaby is a lovely place to live.

Our hearts go out to the mother of 16-year-old Gwynevere Staddon, found dead of a suspected overdose in a Port Moody Starbucks on Sunday.

Dear Editor, I want to thank all the people involved in the demoviction protests for helping the rest of us understand the enormous home displacement that is going on in Burnaby in favour of developing very expensive housing.

The recent week-long summer sitting of the legislature was another reminder that the biggest challenge the B.C. Liberals are facing in their re-election bid may be complacency.

If you’re concerned about the Kinder Morgan pipeline running through Burnaby, this is your last chance to have your voice heard.

Politicians on both sides of the floor are calling it a historic day for Canada.