Opinion

The increasingly serious game of chicken between the provincial government and the mayors of Metro Vancouver over transit funding shows no sign of ending.

Dear Editor: Re: Forum: Apology should include tax refund, Burnaby NOW, Jan. 22. As a Chinese Canadian with grandparents that came in the 1890s, I have heard about the suffering due to the head tax and stories of discrimination.

Dear Editor: Re: Burnaby suffers without opposition, In My Opinion, Burnaby NOW, Jan. 24. I read with interest the opinion piece of Rick McGowan. Golly, I had no idea we were living in a "benevolent dictatorship" in Burnaby! Seems Mr.

Dear Editor: Re: Forum: Apology should include tax refund, Burnaby NOW, Jan. 22. What a bunch of utter nonsense - education, reconciliation and a head tax refund.

Dear Editor: Re: Consider the source of criticism, Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW , Jan. 15. This letter is in regard to the letter of Mr. Pietro Calendino, city councillor, and self-appointed “voice for the silent majority.” Mr.

Dear Editor: In October of last year, the George Derby Care Society came forward to city council with a plan to create over 100 units of below market rate housing units for senior citizens.

Dear Editor: Advocates for “no letter grade” report cards in our schools are again trying to push their agenda. This is nothing new. It’s been happening all over B.C. for years.

There is no real debate among those in elected office in Burnaby on issues that matter.

Any way you look at it, smoking is a filthy habit. It fouls smokers’ lungs. It fouls the air around smokers – air that ends up in non-smokers’ lungs, too. It creates a foul stench that hangs about smokers and the environments they frequent.

I got to thinking last night, as I was getting my 18-month-old ready for bed, what a joyous stage of life she is at. We always say hello to ourselves in the bathroom mirror before she gets into the bathtub, singing a silly song as we go.