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Watch your children and watch the windows

Watch your children and watch the windows

It was a good news story as far as open windows and children go. Last week a passerby in New York caught a child as the child plunged from an apartment balcony two storeys above.
More entitled than others

More entitled than others

Dear Editor: It's welcome news that the premier has rescinded the large pay increases for political staff appointed by individual cabinet ministers.
B.C. dodged NDP bullet

B.C. dodged NDP bullet

Dear Editor: Re: Jane Shin speaks, Burnaby NOW, May 24. I find it disconcerting that no one has picked up on something significant and very revealing in what Jane Shin said to reporter Jennifer Moreau regarding her candidate biography.
Practising MDs go by Dr

Practising MDs go by Dr

Dear Editor: Re: Get over issues with Shin, Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW, June 5. Barbara Ruebottom is missing the point(s).
Arts advocates need closure from the city

Arts advocates need closure from the city

It's a long time to wait - 40 years. But we suspect their wait is far from over - if it will ever be over. The arts community in Burnaby was fairly optimistic several decades ago when a new art gallery was a priority and plans had been prepared.
Many more reasons to mistrust media

Many more reasons to mistrust media

I have to agree with Pat Tracy's column of June 14, Another reason to distrust journalists, although I will add another dimension of concern.
Liberals already making waves

Liberals already making waves

Dear Editor: Re: Nurses blast Fraser Health for wheelchair charge plan, June 19. I'm sure in any other jurisdiction, this would be something of a record; cabinet had only been officially sworn into office for a single day and already the B.C.
Settlement funding tripled

Settlement funding tripled

Dear Editor: Re: Funding changes underway, Burnaby NOW, June 7.
Wheelchair 'maintenance' fees are insulting

Wheelchair 'maintenance' fees are insulting

While many of our fellow citizens labouring with disabilities do very well for themselves, it's pretty safe to say that people who require wheelchairs to get around are coming from a point of disadvantage when it comes to earning a regular income.
What's next? Banning fun?

What's next? Banning fun?

Dear Editor: Re: Not so sweet sounds of summer, Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW, June 12. I remember the days waiting for the ice-cream truck to come rolling down our east end street. It was a real big deal for us kids.