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Fines inadequate when workers lose lives

Fines inadequate when workers lose lives

This past week, a judge handed down fines totalling $350,000 against two companies and three men involved in the Langley mushroom farm case where three farm workers died in 2008 and two others suffered brain damage.
No 'debt' to Occupiers

No 'debt' to Occupiers

Dear Editor: According to Sylvia Gung, who felt herself qualified to be the next mayor of Burnaby, our society is "indebted" to the occupiers of Vancouver and should "award them for their heroic actions.
Deja vu on poverty

Deja vu on poverty

Dear Editor: Re: Child poverty growing, Burnaby NOW, Nov. 25) It seems like we've all been here before.
Letter writer remains unconvinced on climate change

Letter writer remains unconvinced on climate change

Dear Editor: I am responding to Pamela Gardners letter of Nov. 25 (Burnaby NOW, Climate change warning).
Is Clark hoping for more 'quitters'?

Is Clark hoping for more 'quitters'?

The next provincial election is supposedly not until May 2013, but we will have two critical byelections before then - and there could be more. Two B.C.
More consultation needed on gondola proposal

More consultation needed on gondola proposal

Dear Editor Re: MP's survey was flawed, Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW, Nov.
Fly the skies with the ekranoplan

Fly the skies with the ekranoplan

I get bored with the cars versus bikes argument sometimes. Blah blah two wheels good, etc.
Child poverty exists right here at home, too

Child poverty exists right here at home, too

It's a black mark on Canada and B.C. that children are living in poverty in one of the world's wealthiest countries
Climate change warning

Climate change warning

Dear Editor: When a prominent climate change skeptic publishes a study that concludes global warming is real, it's time for people to stand up and take notice.
Time to come together 'in the middle' for all students

Time to come together 'in the middle' for all students

Dear Editor: Some post-election thoughts: 35 years ago, when I was two weeks old, my parents moved from Vancouver to settle in Burnaby, partly for work reasons (my dad laboured in the old Crane Canada plant on North Road) and partly for its convenien
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