Letters: Legislature expenses, Christy Clark, Olympic Village, Bob Rennie,...
Legislative spending another nail in Clark’s coffin The clerks in the B.C. legislature really have it made. George MacMinn just retired and received a two-year $500,000 consulting contract. His...
View ArticleLetters: Canada Post, mail, home delivery, retailers, Tim Stevenson, conflict...
Canada Post decision is maddening I was dismayed by the changes announced Wednesday regarding Canada Post, especially the plans for phasing out door-to-door delivery in urban areas. This will not only...
View ArticleLetters: Bob Rennie, Vision, Natives, development, investor immigrants, Linda...
What a prince Great, a bunch of developers making nice big fat $25,000 deposits into the Mayor Gregor Robertson and Vision’s campaign account. Shouldn’t lunch be about flavours rather than favours? And...
View ArticleLetters: Vision Vancouver, DTES plan, Bob Rennie, female programs, compulsory...
Tunnel Vision Is condo salesman Bob Rennie the only person in Vancouver who is not aware of the Tunnel Vision movement — anyone but Mayor Gregor Robertson, any party but Vision? Robertson is...
View ArticleLetter of the Week: Vision Vancouver shows little respect for citizens
You can’t stand in the way of progress and the redevelopment of Oakridge has been a long time coming. The City of Vancouver says it is conducting “true community consultation” for the project, but it...
View ArticleHow much for a salad? Online competition mocks Vancouver Mayor Gregor...
Update (March 20, 2014): The deadline for the #25Klunch meme competition is March 23, 2014 at midnight. For more information on the competition, visit melissafong.ca. Previous Story (March 18, 2014):...
View ArticleDermod Travis: There are reasons municipal voter turnout is low
Taken aback by complete strangers walking up to you this summer to shake hands? Well, that’s because they’re back. Candidates on the hustings for a city hall near you. And despite their enthusiasm,...
View ArticleLetters: Vancouver housing costs, hypertension, Coalition of B.C. Businesses,...
Not everyone can live in Vancouver Affordable housing in Vancouver is an oxymoronic phrase. A lot of people would like to live in Vancouver but cannot afford it. I was born and raised in Vancouver but...
View ArticleLetters: Mayor’s apology, Vision, NPA, Wall Financial, deportation, Vivian...
Vision’s ‘sanctimony’ is their undoing Remember when former premier Gordon Campbell tried to cram the HST down our throats? It wasn’t so much the tax that did him in, it was the arrogance. Now, after...
View ArticleLetters: Housing, affordibility, realtors, paramedics, Naloxone, SeaBus...
Simpler housing, lower expectations key to affordability People are partly to blame for the high rents in Vancouver. They have higher expectations than they did 60 years ago. One solution would be to...
View ArticleLetters: Bob Rennie, home prices, development, realtor commissions, traffic...
Rennie’s opinions on longtime residents troubles readers So condo salesman Bob Rennie thinks white male homeowners should be muzzled when it comes the planning process. What a racist! If I’m a...
View ArticleLetters: Christy Clark, Party of No, Bob Rennie, nudists, Pattullo Bridge,...
From her behaviour, seems premier is ‘Girl Who Can’t Say No’ I see that our premier is summoning all her wit to label the NDP the “Party of No,” whatever that means to her. The NDP, characteristically...
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