Opinion

Dear Editor: Re: Landmark tower proposed for UniverCity, Burnaby NOW, Aug. 30. The Official Community Plan for the eastern residential development on Burnaby Mountain has a height limit of 10 storeys.

Students, teachers and taxpayers need a long-term solution to the perpetual funding crisis in B.C.'s schools.

Dear Editor: Re: Housing money is piling up, Burnaby NOW, Aug. 28. I applaud council's willingness to revisit housing alternatives. As a member of a co-op and active participant on my co-op board, I can say it is a great way to live.

When doctors talk about rhythm, we're usually referring to the heart. As we check your pulse and listen to your heart, we make note of the rate (Is it fast or slow?) and the rhythm (Is it regular or irregular? Are there pauses or extra beats?).

Dear Editor: In the current debate about abolishing the Senate, it's important to remember that Mike Duffy and Pamela Wallin were appointed by Stephen Harper, not because he deemed them exemplary citizens who would labour in the interests of the Cana

The new school year begins this week, and it's been a while since the year has kicked off with so much uncertainty in the education system.

Thoughts on education from the Burnaby Teachers' Association

Dear Editor: Energy Minister Bill Bennett assures us that the decision to pay $750 million to privately owned California utility companies to make a 10-year-old dispute go away will not raise prices for hydro rate payers.

Dear Editor: Looking back at the last provincial election, it seems pretty clear that people were willing to take a chance on Premier Christy Clark's promise of a debt-free B.C.

Unions were formed during the very hardest of times; child labour, no time off, no protection from deadly job hazards, pay that couldn't keep one person fed - let alone a whole family.