Opinion

Dear Editor: Anyone who claims that their hydro bill jumped drastically once a smart meter was installed needs to consider the following fact: B.C. Hydro smart meters are still being read manually for billing purposes.

Dear Editor: Re: Mayor says trip to Mesa worth the money, Burnaby NOW, April 13. It's good to know when opposition political parties drop the ball, the news media is there to report the facts.

Dear Editor: So far, 2012 has been a very bad year for young Canadians from coast to coast to coast: an alarming unemployment rate of 13.

There's an urban legend, spread by the internet and an old The West Wing episode, with a moral about simplicity versus complexity. Supposedly, in the 1960s NASA realized that they didn't have a pen that could write in zero gravity.

When Canada's auditor general ripped into Ottawa's bungled effort to replace our aging fighter jets recently, he placed the blame for the debacle at the feet of deceiving bureaucrats.

Dear Editor: Re: Med student says red tape keeping her out of B.C., Burnaby NOW, April 11. I would suggest that Ms. Pluta's concerns, while valid, are not entirely realistic.

What happens after a politician has shot himself in both feet numerous times? Burnaby MLA Harry Bloy's latest public mishap - for want of a better term - happened this week when he launched into an attack on Adrian Dix in the legislature.

Dear Editor: Re: Hatred is uncalled for, Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW, April 13. Ms.

Making a mistake at work feels awful, but when you're a reporter, it is also a very public experience - and often one with rippling consequences. As a reporter, I've made mistakes in my stories, particularly when I started out.

Dear Editor: At the risk of being repetitive in my concerns about cleanliness at Burnaby Hospital, there surely must be a system to assess the cleaning in the building.