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LETTERS: Bill too restrictive

LETTERS: Bill too restrictive

Dear Editor The bottom line is the proposed legislation on medically assisted dying is too restrictive. It does not comply with the Supreme Court’s decision in Carter v.
LETTERS: Where is new water going to come from?

LETTERS: Where is new water going to come from?

Dear Editor So now we are going to have water restrictions starting in May this year because we were running low on water last year.
LETTERS: Risk of an oil spill is just too large

LETTERS: Risk of an oil spill is just too large

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
OPINION: Unlikely allies in energy policy

OPINION: Unlikely allies in energy policy

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.
OUR VIEW: What's not illegal can still be unethical

OUR VIEW: What's not illegal can still be unethical

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.
LETTERS: Burnaby needs better ideas to save water

LETTERS: Burnaby needs better ideas to save water

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
LETTERS: Government is playing games with our tax dollars

LETTERS: Government is playing games with our tax dollars

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.
OPINION: Playing games with B.C. Hydro

OPINION: Playing games with B.C. Hydro

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.
OUR VIEW: Tough political talk fails the reality test

OUR VIEW: Tough political talk fails the reality test

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.
LETTERS: Election spending 'astounding'

LETTERS: Election spending 'astounding'

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.