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Health care is under attack

Health care is under attack

A little known, jaw-dropping case before the B.C. Supreme Court is coming up in September. If we (the public) lose, it could erase our Canadian public Medicare and replace it with a U.S.-style two-tier health-care system.
Families shortchanged if support unavailable

Families shortchanged if support unavailable

There’s a reason that certain expressions stand the test of time – because they’re as true today as when they were first coined. Take this one, for example: an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Clean air important to oil industry

Clean air important to oil industry

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.
TransLink needs to change

TransLink needs to change

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

Clean up after yourself

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.
Tech project costing millions

Tech project costing millions

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.
Disaster or golden opportunity?

Disaster or golden opportunity?

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.
Pitting the have-nots against the have homes

Pitting the have-nots against the have homes

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.
Don’t trust Kinder Morgan

Don’t trust Kinder Morgan

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.
Kinder Morgan needs opposition

Kinder Morgan needs opposition

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