Opinion

Dear Editor I believe that by far the biggest issue regarding the proposed Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is the possibility of a major oil spill from an oil tanker that would devastate the beaches and the ocean in the Vancou

It would have been unheard of mere months ago, but there's a chance a new political triumvirate is emerging to dominate the energy policies for this country.

Where do you live? It’s an easy question for almost everyone who doesn’t serve in Canada’s Senate. P.E.I. Senator and Ottawa resident Mike Duffy was acquitted of 31 charges this past week related to fraud and abusing the public trust.

Dear Editor: Since I last wrote a letter to the Burnaby Now about the City of Burnaby needing to put water supply priorities before increasing city density, I have seen no initiative that could be labelled innovative, creative or otherwise to address

Dear Editor: I agree with everything Keith Baldrey has pointed out about the shell game the B.C. Liberals are playing with B.C. Hydro, and their accounting practices, which have been pointed out regularly by the Auditor General, but B.C.

Ask most British Columbians what they expect from B.C. Hydro and the answer would likely be "keep my power on and keep my rates low.

For the umpteenth time, a judge’s gavel has quashed sections of Stephen Harper’s tough-on-crime legislation for violating the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Dear Editor In the March 30 edition, I found it discouraging reading the details on NDP spending as the party at the front of the line in relation to the last federal election.

Dear Editor Re: Unions can’t make the laws, Opinion, Burnaby NOW, April 8. Bateman once again doesn’t get it. A collective agreement isn’t law. It’s a contract between the parties. It’s a business contract and not legislation.

Dear Editor When the Kask Brothers came in the 1920s, Barnet was an isolated village served by ferry. Same was true when the oil companies came in the 1930s, and the city gave them what had been a swimming beach in Confederation Park.