Opinion

Dear Editor: Re: Raccoons not a city issue, Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW, Oct. 15. There was a letter to the editor that recommended mothballs in the garden as a deterrent to raccoons. This is an absolutely wrong recommendation.

The two candidates running to replace Jim Sinclair as president of the B.C. Federation of Labour says a lot about the state of organized labour these days. Both candidates are former long-time public sector union activists.

Well, it's official. The leaves are changing colour, the nights are dark and chilly, and the rains are coming back. That can only mean fall has arrived.

Here's an old piece I wrote in 2012, but the information is still useful. Some of the companies I talked to were very guarded, while others were happy to share information.

It's certainly not scientific. Our two-week Survey Monkey online poll was intended as a snapshot of Burnaby voters' opinions - and as selfies go, we think it captured the feelings of many city voters.

It was, sadly, predictable. When Sylvia Gung threw her hat in the ring for the mayor's seat stating that she intended to ban kissing and handholding if elected, she became the media's bizarre election story darling of the day.

Dear Editor: Re: Raccoons feast on her grubby lawn, Burnaby NOW, Oct. 8. While reading your article on the raccoons that are destroying local lawns, I couldn't help but be confused by the focus on the raccoons.

Dear Editor: Re: Raccoons feast on her grubby lawn, Burnaby NOW, Oct. 8. I can fully understand Linda Cappelletti's aggravation on the raccoons tearing up her lawn in Burnaby.

Mayor Derek Corrigan speaks at a recent anti-pipeline rally on Burnaby Mountain. Photo by Jennifer Gauthier. Kinder Morgan and Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan have both issued letters to local residents about the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

A sneak preview of what to expect in the next provincial election campaign was on full public display at the legislature last week - and both the Opposition and the government came away feeling pretty good about their respective performances.