Opinion

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.

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.

Dear Editor: The B.C. job action continues to drag on without a definite resolution from either the government or the (B.C. Teachers' Federation) union.

Dear Editor: Finance Minister Kevin Falcon describes the PST as "stupid." As someone who voted against his government's alternative - the HST - I find his remark disrespectful and, for a politician, a totally dumb thing to say.

Last year, higher than average number of children fell from windows, sometimes with tragic consequences

Dear Editor: Re: web poll. So 85 per cent of poll respondents think they pay too much tax.

Dear Editor: The next provincial government must be careful not to do an easy pendulum swing on transit governance. TransLink has had two different kinds of board. Both decision-making bodies are necessary.

It's no joke, although the timing may suggest otherwise. The B.C. Liberal government has finally got around to making good on its promise to get rid of the harmonized sales tax (HST). B.C.

Dear Editor: In a April 19th open letter to Premier Christy Clark, economist Robyn Allan revealed a likely reason for our provincial governments' refusal to comment on the Enbridge pipeline proposal (see www.robyn allan.com). On June 21, 2010 the B.

U.S. President Barack Obama's surprise backing of same-sex marriage got mixed reviews around the world last Wednesday, and I've got to wonder if that will hurt him in the polls. I hope not.