Opinion

It's been a month and a half since the leaders of the Attawapiskat reserve in northern Ontario declared a state of emergency.

Dear Editor: The people of Burnaby, British Columbia and Canada have always enjoyed the right to an education.

It's been a tough week for the human race. As officials from the world's nations gather in the sunny resort town of Durban, South Africa, the consensus is that nothing will be done to avert or even lessen the effects of climate change.

Dear Editor: I would like to make some comments about the "smart" meters. The arguments against are quite clear, so I won't bother repeating them. The arguments for are generally specious, so I won't bother addressing them.

Dear Editor: Re: Corrigan for legal marijuana, Burnaby NOW, Dec. 2.

Dear Editor: Contrary to popular belief, it wasn't the Grinch who stole Christmas. It was the overzealous PC Police who seem to have nothing better to do than exert their pious opinion on everything they deem wrong with society.

I once spoke to an RCMP officer who works with teenagers, and she rolled her eyes and described the stupid arguments that she hears about pot.

Dear Editor: Burnaby city council has recently voted to increase water and sewer rates in order to pay for infrastructure upgrades that are no doubt needed and required to protect the safety of our drinking water, but the reasons given for why the am

Dear Editor: Re: Noise is 'anti-us', Burnaby NOW, Nov. 30. Noise is all around us. It is easy for people to have read the article and dismissed it as another case of someone whining about something.

Remember the good ol' days? The days when no one batted an eye if you drank all night long and then grabbed your jacket, hat and keys and toddled off to the parking lot in a not-so-straight line? When everyone left well enough alone about whether or