Opinion

Dear Editor Thank you, Burnaby. At first I was sceptical when the Cons gerrymandered the new riding of Burnaby North – Seymour, until I came to realize the Burnaby North has consistently voted NDP.

Dear Editor Sponsored by Voice of Burnaby Seniors, the Sept. 28 all-candidates meeting was attended by about 60 of us seniors. Predictably, the Conservative candidate was conspicuous by his absence.

Dear Editor: In the nearly 20 years since the HOV lanes were installed on Hastings, this is third for sure, and possibly the fourth, letter to the editor I have written about attempts to change this primary east-west corridor.

Dear Editor: I am writing in response to Kathy Corrigan’s recent biased letter.

I voted today. Rolling into the parking lot at just about noon, I expected to be first in line at my local advance poll.

New York Senator William L. Marcy could have just as easily been referring to B.C. in 2015 – and not the 1828 victory of the Jackson Democrats – when he boasted "to the victor belong the spoils.

When children or young adults perish, we should surely take a long hard look at what we are doing wrong. Certainly, there are seldom simple answers, or even any one correct path that guarantees better outcomes where youth in care are concerned.

Dear Editor Re: The changing face of a Burnaby school, Sept. 30. I note from the two photos you published that the 1956 Grade 1 class had 41 students and one teacher, while the 2015 class has 20 students and two teachers.

Dear Editor It was truly “shocking” to see the letter to the editor of the Burnaby NOW from MLA Kathy Corrigan, Burnaby-Deer Lake, that was published in the Sept. 23 edition. Several words come to mind including “sour grapes” and “sad.

What’s with the kids today? Plenty, but it seems voting is not something worth putting down Instagram and Snapchat for. Less than 39 per cent voted in 2011 and political scientists warn us that millennials could be democracy’s lost generation.