Opinion

Dear Editor: Re: Homeowners get 2.47 per cent tax increase, Burnaby NOW, May 10. When will the Burnaby city council drop the pre-tense that they are effectively controlling spending and wisely using our tax dollars.

Dear Editor: The British Columbia Ministry of Education should update their intermediate elementary curriculum to include lessons on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues.

Dear Editor: I am a senior living in Burnaby and have recently begun to use TaxiSavers occasionally.

Dear Editor: I have some ideas of what I would like to see happening in my community with respect to government. I love how one of the "green" parties - the "greenest" one I can think of - is running in the upcoming provincial election.

Dear Editor: Like many elections, the current provincial election involves a choice of the least bad option rather than the best option.

The last editorial in print from us before voting day. This is usually when we cajole, guilt, nag, and exhort Burnaby citizens to get off their couches and do the right thing.

Dear Editor: All right, so I don't know how to approach this. I've hinted and tried to talk about it, but it feels like Christy Clark avoids the subject altogether. Almost two years ago, we got together on my birthday, May 11, but the spark has gone.

Mother's Day is another few days off yet, but I already know what I'll be unwrapping on Sunday morning.

With the future of two proposed pipelines at stake, the transportation of oil from Alberta to British Columbia has become a major issue in the election.

Dear Editor: With less than a week left in the provincial campaign, we need to start considering the stakes of this election. With the governing party apparently surging in the polls, let's look at some of the crowning achievements of the B.C.