Opinion

Dear Editor: Re: Teachers should quit while they're ahead, May 4. Burnaby NOW's Our View opinion article states that teachers should "quit while they're ahead." As a teacher, I hardly think that teachers are "ahead" right now.

Mother's Day. It is, to be sure, a day used by cardmakers and sellers of frying pans to squeeze some more nickels out of our bank accounts. The day is awash in false sentiment and efforts to pull our guilty heartstrings.

Dear Editor: Re: No vacation is 'cruel,' Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW, May 4. Here we go again. Teacher concerned about the welfare of the students.

Dear Editor: Re: Campaign targets Lennikov - again, Burnaby NOW, April 11. This campaign by the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association has got to stop. The tone of the news article is harsh, showing no compassion for the Lennikov family.

Dear Editor: Re: Abbott criticizes teachers warning, Burnaby NOW, May 4.

DEAR EDITOR: A "thank you" is owed to the staff of Burnaby Hospital and Fraser Health Authority. The Burnaby Hospital is a public institution, and under B.C.

One might have expected Mayor Derek Corrigan to immediately jump on Vancouver's bandwagon and protest the expansion of the Kinder Morgan pipeline (see story on page 3).

Dear Editor: Speaking before a full house of distinguished guests at the Shadbolt Centre on Friday, May 4, Burnaby's new Citizen of the Year, Kehar Singh Aujla, began by comparing himself to a "candle facing the sun.

Dear Editor: I'd like to applaud the recent move to a "one project, one review" policy for environmental assessments.

The teachers' union had best step back and think carefully before it writes its next move in stone. The union's decision to unnecessarily ramp up its war against Premier Christy Clark and the B.C.