Opinion

Dear Editor: I've been reading of the events surrounding the Burnaby school board's decision to implement a program aimed at diminishing the incidence of antigay violence, bloodshed and discrimination.

What can possibly be said about cancer that hasn't been said before? That it steals lives? That it makes no distinction between young and old, male and female? That it kills more Canadians each year than any other disease? We've heard all those thing

Dear Editor: Gordon Campbell was premier of British Columbia for nearly 10 years, and during that period he won three elections and instituted policies that resulted in rapid economic growth and a return to prosperity.

DEAR EDITOR: Re: Teachers ready for job action, Burnaby NOW, Sept. 2. Richard Storch, president of the Burnaby Teachers' Association, just doesn't get it! In his statements on Sept.

DEAR EDITOR: Recent changes that allow developers to build taller highrises will not make Burnaby more sustainable. These bylaw amendments were introduced by city staff last November and quietly passed in December without proper public debate.

A community is so much more than the roads and houses and parks that fill it from border to border; it's the people, the relationships and connections that they develop with one another, and the organizations that are there during the ho-hum of every

Dear Editor: While any damage from Fridays earthquake that struck southwestern British Columbia is likely minor, the quake is a reminder of a potential problem for many British Columbians: the split nature of earthquake insurance as set out under pro

What were they thinking? Giving Gordon Campbell the Order of B.C. may be the most misplaced accolade since Taylor Hicks won American Idol.

Dear Editor: Re Businesses work on homelessness strategy, Burnaby NOW, Aug. 17. Kudos to Burnaby Board of Trade CEO Paul Holden for his emerging Made in Burnaby homelessness strategy.

B.C.'s fixed-election-date law has always been a gimmick. The law sets a date, but also allows a premier to call an election whenever he or she feels the time is right.