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Twenty years too long to wait

Twenty years too long to wait

Dear Editor: Re: Long-awaited Heights traffic changes coming, Burnaby NOW, July 27.
Pipeline plans a concern

Pipeline plans a concern

Dear Editor: I remain very concerned about the proposed new oil pipelines. The default position in the making of landuse decisions must always be negative.
Make child care election issue

Make child care election issue

Dear Editor: Re: Providing quality child care is good for all, Our View, Burnaby NOW, Aug. 1. I was really pleased to see your article on the challenges that parents with young children face when they want or need to access child care services.
First law of summer: follow rules, stay alive

First law of summer: follow rules, stay alive

It took awhile, but it seems summer has finally arrived - and the hot weather is driving motorcyclists onto their bikes.
NDP failure to file shameful

NDP failure to file shameful

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.
A hometown favourite returns to Deer Lake

A hometown favourite returns to Deer Lake

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

Summer camp worthwhile

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

Conservatives focused on integrity

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.
MLA spending scrutinized

MLA spending scrutinized

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.
Hang up the keys for long weekend parties

Hang up the keys for long weekend parties

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.