Opinion

The B.C. Liberal government's annual budget usually contains little drama, as the bulk of it is made public as part of the three-year fiscal plan that accompanies the budget presentation every year. But this coming year may be slightly different.

A newly-released report that looked at how many children and youth in care were placed in hotels during one 12-month period surely underlines the need for a major overhaul of the Ministry of Children and Family Development.

What would happen if you undertook a massive project, and overspent your budget by 100 per cent? Or, what would be the reaction of your boss if you told her that costly new office space was needed because your elevators were poorly maintained? In eit

Dear Editor “Silence” is the sound of one hand clapping. All three levels of government are definitely doing the right thing helping the Syrian refugees, both Muslim and Christian, who are the innocent victims of rampant and fanatical terrorism.

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This graphic goes with the story I posted on gas prices and why they're not dropping as much as crude prices. The provincial taxes on gas are 32.2 cents on the litre, the highest in the country, and the federal tax is 15.9, also the highest.

Could it be true? Anti-pipeline forces have taken the province’s concerns about the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion as evidence that the proposal has much less chance of succeeding. And, no wonder.

Dear Editor: With January well underway, it's nearing that time again when some of us need to make some important decisions about our futures. I'm referring to students, parents and that annual high school event known as "course selection.

Dear Editor Kudos, thanks and appreciation to Burnaby parks board and city council, for the upgrading work already done, and on-going, in Richmond Park, directly behind our fabulous new Edmonds Community Centre.

One of the more intriguing demands by those opposing the Site C dam is that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau step in and block its construction, using the argument that the dam infringes First Nations' rights and poses environmental risk.