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New rules ratchet up pressure on smokers

New rules ratchet up pressure on smokers

The number of places a cigarette smoker can light up in was made even smaller this week.
Global warming no joke

Global warming no joke

Dear Editor: When I read E.W. Bopp's Dec. 23 letter (Let Kyoto stay buried), the first thing that happened is that I fell off my chair in shock.
The system is out of balance

The system is out of balance

Dear Editor: With the arrival of my assessment notice, I now find that my house and lot are valued at just over $1 million. That means that if I sell it I will have made a profit of over $800,000, free of any tax.
Job losses are a real concern

Job losses are a real concern

Dear Editor: Re: Do some research, Letter to the Editor, Burnaby NOW, Jan.
Time to talk about next step

Time to talk about next step

Dear Editor: As a teacher, I am very concerned that during 62 meetings since last June with the government's bargaining team, BCSPEA, they have offered nothing. The BCTF have dropped many of their demands in good faith.
Keep close watch on B.C.'s pipeline debate

Keep close watch on B.C.'s pipeline debate

The complexities of a debate over oil pipelines are enough to want to stick your head in the tar sand and pretend nothing is happening. If ever there were was a multi-faceted issue, it's this one. There's jobs versus the environment.
Remember leash laws

Remember leash laws

Dear Editor: Re: Winter fun, front-page photo, Jan. 4, Burnaby NOW. Confederation is not an off-leash park. There is a huge off-leash area beyond the playground.
Don't speak for me, please

Don't speak for me, please

Dear Editor: In his misinformed letter (Future predictions, Letter to the editor, Burnaby NOW, Jan.
Future predictions

Future predictions

Dear Editor: Seeing as I seem not to have got my two cents worth on the matter in question (though not from lack of trying) I think that it is time for a little commentary from those not quite so enamoured with the whole matter as are the Burnaby Tea
Can anyone justify this kind of wage gap?

Can anyone justify this kind of wage gap?

A top Canadian executive will have been paid 189 times what the average Joe or Josephine received in 2010