Opinion

If you think distracted driving isn't costing you, think again. The Insurance Corp. of B.C. announced Tuesday it plans to ask the B.C. Utilities Commission for a 5.

Dear Editor: Summertime and the livin’ is easy, as an old song goes.

What could be simpler, than to provide a “Free Transit Day?” After the screw-ups made by those in charge of late, particularly the overpaid executives, a real apology was the least they could do.

Dear Editor: Open letter to Peter Julian, MP, Burnaby-New Westminster. Sir, would you please confirm or otherwise, that according to the National Energy Board in its ruling Aug.

Dear Editor: In response to the July 29 Acorn rally across from the Met 2 housing development site, Burnaby Citizens’ Association Coun. Nick Volkow essentially says “it’s not our job” to provide affordable housing for Burnaby renters.

Dear Editor: The breach of the Mount Polly mine tailings pond has so far not shown to be as toxic as first feared.

The famous union organizer Joe Hill used to say the most radical thing working folks can have is a long memory. Today, as we prepare to celebrate another Labour Day, this message could not be more important.

Labour unions are indeed at a crossroads as one SFU expert tells us on page 28 of today’s paper.

Re: Health care is under attack, Burnaby NOW, Aug. 20. This letter was right on about the upcoming lawsuit to have wealthy people get in the front of the line by using private facilities by doctors like Dr. Brian Day.

Dear Editor: Re: Keep Perspective on Mine, Burnaby NOW, Aug. 20. I have read thousands of letters to the editor in my life and there have been some good ones and bad ones. I have even written a few of the bad ones myself.