Opinion

Dear Editor: Re: Opposing the pipeline, opinion, Burnaby NOW , Aug. 8. Suggestions that greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from Canada’s oil sands are a significant threat to the planet and that Canada’s oil and gas industry is subsidized are incorrect.

Dear Editor: The transit system is severely broken thanks to the Liberal government appointment of the board of directors.

Dear Editor: My wife and I went to Burnaby Mountain Park on Sunday night to walk our dog and enjoy the views and greenery of what I think is the most beautiful urban park in North America.

What is it with the B.C. government and expensive, poorly managed computer projects? The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) has learned via whistleblowers that B.C. Emergency Health Services (BCEHS), which runs the B.C.

The recent disaster of the collapse of the Mount Polley mine tailings pond may force the B.C. Liberals to finally revisit a key policy decision made early on in its first mandate: the cutting back of environmental protection measures.

An RBC study released this week concludes people aged 35 to 45 are, thanks to their mortgages, carrying dangerously large debt levels that could put them in deep trouble if interest rates go up or the housing market comes down.

Dear Editor: Burnaby residents should be appalled by the bully boy tactics adopted by Kinder Morgan to force their unwanted dirty oil pipeline through the heart of our city.

Dear Editor: Re: Mayor a dictator on pipeline, Burnaby NOW , Aug. 1.

Burnaby council’s courageous stand against Kinder Morgan’s plan to slice a pipeline bearing Alberta tar sands bitumen through our city reflects valid local concerns. But it has global significance.

Dear Editor: Re: It’s Hancott vs. Corrigan in Burnaby mayor’s race, Burnaby NOW , Aug. 1. Burnaby NOW , shame on you! Burnaby First announced its mayoral candidate, Daren Hancott, and it was on page 9. This is front-page information.