Opinion

Dear Editor: A cautionary tale for Kindergarten to Grade 9 curriculum renewal: "There once was an impatient farmer. He was so anxious that he went into his field every day to measure his plants.

Dear Editor: Re: Trees bylaw just doesn't cut it, and Tree bylaw issue not so clear cut, Burnaby NOW, Oct. 25 and Nov. 1. I could not have agreed more with the writers. I love trees.

By now, every reporter and editor in the province has likely gotten into at least one good, rip-roaring debate about journalistic ethics - all stemming from the now-infamous Huffington Post blog post by Carol Todd.

The premier of China, Li Keqiang, said it like this: "It is no good to be poor in a beautiful environment, nor is it any good to be well-off and to live with the consequences of environmental degradation.

Governments like to release bad news on Fridays, and a prime example of that was last week's announcement that the Fraser Health Authority was in trouble. Of course, the official news release didn't actually frame it in those words.

Dear Editor: I am new to Vancouver as of August 2012, and moved to Burnaby August 2013. Best move I have ever made. Why anyone lives anywhere else is beyond me.

Seriously, how can B.C. Hydro justify their costs relating to retaining the analogue meter? This letter is in response to recent undated correspondence from B.C. Hydro.

The B.C. Liberals just can't seem to help themselves. On Oct. 30, the Burnaby NOW reported that the Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion was going to have to make budget cuts in order to pay for wage increases.

In the 20th century, the argument against doctor-assisted suicide cited horror stories of "loved ones" killing someone with a disability for emotional or financial reasons.

Dear Editor: Re: Tree bylaw just doesn’t cut it, Burnaby NOW , Oct. 25. I read with interest the article regarding the proposed tree bylaw changes and the comments by Walter Hallam.