Province Letters: Transit fares, Evergreen Line, Enbridge pipeline, HST, junk...
I moved to North Surrey 10 years ago, and have been a three-zone transit pass holder ever since. Our family owns a car, but between my spouse riding her bike to work and me taking transit to work, we...
View ArticleDan Murphy: Stephen Harper offers a peace pipe
Editorial cartoonist Dan Murphy’s latest creation for Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. The editorial pages editor is Gordon Clark, who can be reached at gclark@theprovince.com. Letters to the editor can be...
View ArticleEditorial: Residents deserve answers to oil plans
Enbridge’s proposed $6.6-billion Northern Gateway pipeline plus Kinder Morgan’s plan to more than double the capacity of its line from Edmonton and Burnaby guarantees British Columbians will be talking...
View ArticleProvince Letters: Coaching, BCTF, natives, Northern Gateway, Surrey growth,...
Regarding Ken Ambrose’s letter about sports and plays being voluntary for teachers, I would like to know who’s thinking about the kids who are going to miss out on the scholarships and bursaries...
View ArticleDan Murphy: Enbridge’s Photoshop safety plan
Editorial cartoonist Dan Murphy’s latest creation for Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012. The editorial pages editor is Gordon Clark, who can be reached at gclark@theprovince.com. Letters to the editor can be...
View ArticleLetter of the Week: All pipelines will carry some risk
Anyone reading the concerns raised by opponents of the Northern Gateway and Trans Mountain pipelines might think these companies build pipelines designed to leak. This is nonsense. The lost oil alone...
View ArticleLetters: Northern Gateway, protest, George McGovern, poverty, B.C. Place,...
We need pipeline, but not that route It’s not the pipeline, it’s where it’s running that I don’t like. I believe the pipeline is something we can do that would be good for the economy of Canada and...
View ArticleCary Pinkowski: Eco-activists should show more concern for jobs
Even though pipelines, including one that has operated for some 60 years, transect our beautiful province, the proposed Northern Gateway project has turned what should be a rational discussion into a...
View ArticleLetters: Cary Pinkowski, environmentalism, B.C. prosperity, jobs, Northern...
Mother Earth must heal I disagree with Cary Pinkowski’s op-ed, Eco-activists should show more concern for jobs, about the need for industrial development in B.C. He tries to make the point that oil...
View ArticleBrenda Kenny: Let’s use facts, not myths, in pipeline debates
There is no doubt that public persuasion and influence are powerful tools. But with that knowledge, comes responsibility. Fact-based evidence and scientific studies are the way in which our group, the...
View ArticleEditorial: Protesters’ theatrics are becoming tiresome
Prime Minister Stephen Harper made light of a potentially fatal security breach Monday at a Vancouver Board of Trade meeting when a couple of eco-zealots got within stabbing distance of the prime...
View ArticleKitimat votes on controversial Northern Gateway pipeline
A record turnout is expected today as the north coast British Columbia town of Kitimat casts ballots in a plebiscite over the controversial Northern Gateway pipeline project. Tim Hortons and local...
View ArticleEditorial: Pipeline politics is only just beginning
Setting aside, for the moment, the tremendous economic opportunities and wealth creation that resource extraction has always meant to B.C. and this country, when it comes to the Northern Gateway...
View ArticleConstruction unions: Northern Gateway pipeline needed to enrich us all
For generations, Canada has developed its natural resources to build our economy for the benefit of working families. Those resources are the foundation of our quality of life, supporting our schools,...
View ArticleRobert Allan: B.C. safe from tankers, Simushir incident shows
The recent incident with the Russian container ship Simushir, in which the ship lost power off the B.C. coast and had to be towed to safety, gave some an opportunity to voice their concerns about the...
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