Opinion

Dear Editor, I am growing tired of hearing about the water shortage in Metro Vancouver. As far as I can remember, every year there is a restriction placed on our water usage.

It’s starting to sound like a broken record – Burnaby needs an affordable housing strategy. We hear it often from readers, concerned citizens and most recently, ACORN, a local anti-poverty group (see our page 1 story).

Health minister Terry Lake may not have clued into it yet, but that idea to ask the Office of the B.C. Ombudsperson to investigate the 2012 health ministry firings isn’t flying so well.

Dear Editor, Sixty years ago it made sense to pipe crude oil to supply nearby oil refineries. Washington State has produced a comprehensive independent risk analysis about potential shipping incidents in our shared, getting-busier Salish Sea waters.

Dear Editor, I couldn’t agree more with Colleen Jordan’s (comments) in the Friday, July 17 Burnaby NOW.

Dear Editor Unlike one of your correspondents, I would welcome a water meter. I pay an annual flat water fee. If I only paid for the water I used, I’d probably be ahead of the game. Most of the houses in my area have a rental suite; some have more.

We’re finally getting a look at Plan B in the wake of the failure of the TransLink funding plebiscite. The B, it seems, stands for boondoggle.

Even though his budget last year went from projecting a miserly looking tiny surplus to becoming almost embarrassingly awash in riches, don’t expect Finance Minister Mike de Jong to start doling out new spending any time soon.

Dear Editor Jordan Bateman is now basking in the defeat of the referendum; His last letter in the NOW suggests that the entire TransLink organization should be gutted along with the transit police.

Dear Editor We refer to Janaya Fuller-Evans’ column No more silence on human rights , printed in the Friday, July 10 edition of Burnaby NOW . The title caught our eye, because we too feel deeply about that subject.