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A conversation with Meagan Murdoch, communications staffer with Conservative Party headquarters

A conversation with Meagan Murdoch, communications staffer with Conservative Party headquarters

Meagan Murdoch's Linked In photo.
It's time to take a stick to this health carrot

It's time to take a stick to this health carrot

Terry Lake’s gut seems to be telling him one thing, yet the B.C. health minister is doing the opposite. Unfortunately, he’s wasting taxpayer money betting against his own common sense. The B.C. government announced this week that it will spend $2.
OUR VIEW: It's past time to put a price on water

OUR VIEW: It's past time to put a price on water

It’s raining. And that’s a good thing. That and a drop in water usage has taken us down from Stage 3 watering restrictions to Stage 2.
Lighting changes aren't good for anyone

Lighting changes aren't good for anyone

Dear Editor Re: Burnaby sets sights on model street designs, Burnaby NOW , Sept. 16. City council is not merely experimenting with the lighting of developing areas; in fact, it just signed a contract to install LEDs in all city-owned streetlights.
Homeless citizens are our neighbours

Homeless citizens are our neighbours

Dear Editor: Re: Burnaby library worker not surprised urine, feces, used needles reported in survey (Sept. 2) and Library Safety Issues (Sept. 4).
Talking democracy: Canada deserves a better electoral system

Talking democracy: Canada deserves a better electoral system

The more I read about how this election is shaping up to be a real, honest-to-goodness three-way race, the more I get annoyed.
OUR VIEW: Sorry, Mr. Harper, fear-mongering is not leadership

OUR VIEW: Sorry, Mr. Harper, fear-mongering is not leadership

Stephen Harper did a whistlestop in Burnaby Monday. Not surprisingly he tried stoking all sorts of fears in one jam-packed stump speech. If you don’t vote for the Conservatives you just might see the end of Canadian society as we know it.
Will B.C. decide the winner on election night?

Will B.C. decide the winner on election night?

A number of observers have suggested the federal election's outcome will be "decided" in British Columbia for the first time, as if the results of the province's 42 ridings will determine which party forms government.
Greens are not a 'left-of-centre' party

Greens are not a 'left-of-centre' party

Dear Editor: I hear it time and time again, “You Greens are going to split the left-of-centre vote”. It’s simply not true.
Privatizing has never been good for taxpayers

Privatizing has never been good for taxpayers

Dear Editor: Re: Principals’ book bound to be biased, Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW , Sept. 9 edition.