Opinion

Dear Editor: W.A.C. Bennett once said the NDP in B.C. couldn't run a peanut stand. The New Democratic Party certainly proved that in the 1990s when they ran B.C. into the economic ditch.

Annual Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival offers up music, the great outdoors and community all in one place

Dear Editor: This summer, I had the privilege of volunteering my time with the Comshare summer daycamp based out of Lochdale Community School.

Dear Editor: B.C.'s Attorney General finally released his damning report disclosing how MLAs are playing loosy-goosy with their expenses and other monies, and it should have the public enraged.

Yikes. It's not often that a bureaucrat comes out with such a harsh rebuke as when Auditor General John Doyle came out with his report last week calling provincial finances a mess and provincial bookkeeping "woefully inadequate.

Before you get the barbecue fired up and the beer and cider on ice in time for your B.C. Day long weekend festivities, put your car keys away in a safe place.

Dear Editor: Re: Public vs. private health debate on, Burnaby NOW, July 25. Well, in my opinion there is no debate, and Dr. Day, who runs a for-profit-surgery clinic, should know that any person who wants to purchase health services is free to do so.

Dear Editor: Re: Crows create clever conundrum, Burnaby NOW, July 27 I feel sad when people shoot crows or hurt any wild animal. They have a right to their lives, too.

Dear Editor: While my husband and I walk our dog each day, we also pick up litter.

Dear Editor: The big news is that, after months of dodging and dancing, the B.C. Liberal government finally has taken a position on the Enbridge pipeline proposal.