Opinion

B.C. launched its repeat violent offender teams on Tuesday, in a bid to quell public unrest over crime in urban centres. It couldn’t come a moment too soon for the government. Even NDP supporters have had enough.

'Why is council still considering closing this road as an option?  Surely there is sufficient information for council to direct staff to reopen the road and install proper traffic calming measures as has been repeatedly requested by all neighbourhood residents.'

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'The time has long passed the point where the SC has increasingly become a target of urban expansion out of Vancouver. Having no potable water will not stop them!'

'The developer is also offering what they think is a valuable CAC by allocating 16 underground parking spaces of their condo development in exchange for removing 22 above ground spots on School Road. These are now easily accessible in the two municipal lots that the developer hopes to purchase from Gibsons.'

'We need the super rich one per cent to pay their fair share by closing tax loopholes and offshore deposits. A small percentage increase to the one per cent of the most rich would pay for most of our society’s needs.'

There’s an old adage buried deep within very serious political science textbooks that goes something like this: When you got mo’ money, you got mo’ problems. The B.C.

'While it’s always considered good form for celebrities to leave behind beautiful corpses, it’s less couth when trees on public greenspace do the same.'

'People are forced to pay far too much for the basic human need of shelter. It is heartening to hear that some local employers have made it a point to pay a living wage but, for others, commercial rents (which are also affected by the above-mentioned crisis) and other costs make that impossible.'