Opinion

Dear Editor: While the rest of the world enviously points at Canada and how Prime Minister Stephen Harper managed to navigate the ship of state through the most recent recession, a problem most of them have not yet come to grips with, our MP, Kennedy

In Canada we tend not so much to be the rah, rah, ain't-we-wonderful kind of people that you might find in other parts of the world. We're more likely to consider ourselves lucky, or maybe privileged.

Charging parking fees at hospitals is more than an inconvenience. It's more than a minor annoyance for folks visiting loved ones confined to a hospital bed.

The best way to attain optimal fitness is to divide the task into its three basic components: proper nutrition, cardiovascular training, and muscle strengthening.

Dear Editor: Re: Cold shoulder doesn't deter gallery boosters, Burnaby NOW, June 21. I've read with interest the story of how an advocacy group for a new Burnaby Art Gallery has been stonewalled by Burnaby city council.

Dear Editor: Re: Jordan wants papers, Burnaby NOW, June 21. I was pleasantly surprised to read you were addressing SkyTrain construction's excessive spending.

It was a good news story as far as open windows and children go. Last week a passerby in New York caught a child as the child plunged from an apartment balcony two storeys above.

Dear Editor: It's welcome news that the premier has rescinded the large pay increases for political staff appointed by individual cabinet ministers.

Dear Editor: Re: Jane Shin speaks, Burnaby NOW, May 24. I find it disconcerting that no one has picked up on something significant and very revealing in what Jane Shin said to reporter Jennifer Moreau regarding her candidate biography.

Dear Editor: Re: Get over issues with Shin, Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW, June 5. Barbara Ruebottom is missing the point(s).