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Transit needs to drop zone system

Transit needs to drop zone system

Dear Editor: Metro Vancouver's zone boundary system, which distributes Vancouver and the UBC area into Zone 1 and nine municipalities into Zone 2 (mainly North Vancouver, Burnaby and Richmond), is unbalanced and broken.
LNG negotiations could backfire on Clark

LNG negotiations could backfire on Clark

You pretty much know the government is in trouble with its liquefied natural gas plan when the prime player in the plan starts negotiating through press releases - and those press releases mince no words.
Burnaby trustees need to get creative

Burnaby trustees need to get creative

Dear Editor: Re: Burnaby forced to rethink budget, Burnaby NOW, Sept. 29. Ms. Naylor deserves kudos for drawing attention to looming cuts to district programs and staff.
B.C. Liberals owe explanations in 'shabby' affair

B.C. Liberals owe explanations in 'shabby' affair

As cases involving government misconduct go, the one concerning the firing of seven B.C. Health Ministry employees is a particularly shabby one.
SFU applies as intervenor for Burnaby Mountain pipeline route

SFU applies as intervenor for Burnaby Mountain pipeline route

Who's applied to intervene in the National Energy Board hearing, now that Kinder Morgan wants to run the pipeline through Burnaby Mountain? SFU has applied, so has the university's graduate student society, the Simon Fraser Student Society, the Simon
Why don't Burnaby residents vote?

Why don't Burnaby residents vote?

As we launch our #whyIvote campaign to try and get more eligible voters engaged in the Nov.
Widow upset with B.C. Hydro

Widow upset with B.C. Hydro

Dear Editor: My husband and I have been living in the same house for almost 60 years, and we had an account with B.C. Hydro for all that time. We were both against the smart meters.
Science trumps fearmongering

Science trumps fearmongering

Dear Editor: I am always impressed with the way science can knock down decades of baseless, misguided rhetoric and innuendo. Take the individuals and organizations who thrive on spreading baseless information; people with one axe or another to grind.
Tories need to back apology with action

Tories need to back apology with action

It was the exchange that launched a thousand face palms: NDP leader Tom Mulcair questioning Conservative MP Paul Calandra last week on the government's plan for Canada in Iraq.
First Nations have clout in Site C dam battle

First Nations have clout in Site C dam battle

A number of key First Nations leaders have adroitly realized the best way to kill the Site C dam project may be to hitch their potential support for building LNG pipelines to the dam never being built.