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Bounty for snakehead fish?

Bounty for snakehead fish?

Dear Editor: Re: Snakehead hunters leave emptyhanded, Burnaby NOW, May 25. Two people have videotaped the snakehead fish(es) in the lower pond of Burnaby's Central Park. B.C.
Flaherty finds deep well of stupidity

Flaherty finds deep well of stupidity

Jim Flaherty opened his mouth last week, and a gusher of stupidity came out. If we could burn stupid like oil, we could run every car in Canada for a month on his latest remarks.
Bonuses not deserved

Bonuses not deserved

Dear Editor: I'm tired of hearing about the bonuses that are being given to executives at ICBC.
Incompetence or indifference - what is it?

Incompetence or indifference - what is it?

In most workplaces, a supervisor who hosts after-hours booze parties in his office, exposes himself to a subordinate and signs out company cars for sexual encounters would be fired. Immediately. Not in the RCMP.
HST boosts Ontario

HST boosts Ontario

Dear Editor: Re: Liberals HST 'joke' finally reaching its end, Our View, Burnaby NOW, May 18. You forgot to mention this very important information.
Let's inspect the 'machine'

Let's inspect the 'machine'

The poet Kahlil Gibran once wrote that "-when the black thread breaks, the weaver shall look into the whole cloth, and he shall examine the loom also.
City financial details 'appalling'

City financial details 'appalling'

Dear Editor: I was appalled after reading the self congratulatory comments from our local mutual admiration society, otherwise known as city hall.
Warnings fall short when lives are involved

Warnings fall short when lives are involved

Unfortunately, coroner's inquests by their very nature are usually proof that we have failed people. The inquest into the death of three Langley farmworkers in 2008 is one of the most tragic cases of hindsight we have seen in quite awhile.
'House of cards' will implode

'House of cards' will implode

Is there a housing bubble in the Lower Mainland? Housing zeppelin is more like it. Bubbles, after all, are soft and cute and harmless. Zeppelins, conversely, hurtle into the ground, spewing flaming wreckage in all directions.
Housing in high need

Housing in high need

Dear Editor: I'm thrilled to hear that the Portland Hotel Society is attempting to convert the 401 Motel into transitional housing for those in need.