Opinion

Dear Editor: Re: MPs take issue with commissioner's comments, Burnaby NOW, Aug. 22.

Re: More highrises for Metrotown, Burnaby NOW, Aug. 15 The highrises built in Metrotown in the 1990s were in the 20-to 30-storey range. At street level, there were pleasant lawns, shrubs and flower gardens.

It's the hot potato nobody wants to pick up - in fact nobody wants to even admit that they have an opinion on it. You won't find Premier Christy Clark sending out a statement on it, or Adrian Dix.

Dear Editor: Where can condo owners in British Columbia go for help - other than the Supreme Court (with a waiting time of approximately one year) - when the strata council and the property management company don't respond to owners' concerns and que

Dear Editor: Re: No help for stranded cat, Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW, Aug. 17. On behalf of B.C. Hydro, I would like to extend our apologies to the Love family for the loss of their cat, Precious.

Dear Editor: Politics, they say, is the science of the possible triumphing over the power of ideology and optimism. When one looks at the policy the B.C. NDP has created in regards to fracking, one has to assume that this was what the saying meant.

Dear Editor: Re: Muslims gather at Burnaby mosque, Burnaby NOW, Aug. 24. I always thought that Canada was a secular country and that the separation of church and state was paramount.

Dear Editor: Re: Emergency alerts coming?, Burnaby NOW, Aug. 17. I read with great eagerness the article "Emergency alerts coming?" Anything that Burnaby can add to its arsenal of earthquake preparedness is good for Burnaby residents.

Ever since mid-May, when a special committee of the provincial legislature was appointed to address a looming "timber supply" crisis, questions have arisen about what the committee would say about one community in particular.

OUR VIEW Burnaby NOW Summer is flying by and so are the vehicles on our roads, with a number of excessive speeding incidents taking place recently.