Opinion

We live on Fifth Street and have been in receipt of emails and petitions regarding the OCP changes. Open communication is good and people can only make informed decisions when they have accurate information and hear both sides.

Perhaps, when you saw the headline on this page, you rolled your eyes just a little and thought, “Gosh, another plea to help the needy – who am I, Santa?” Well, in one word, yes.

Dear Editor: Re: 22nd Street station plans. I have attended all the OCP meetings. I did not hear one home owner who lives in the West End or Connaught Heights that wants highrises at 22nd Street station.

Dear Editor: If the house at 555 Fifth Ave. is a heritage home, then my name has to be George Clooney. The mutton isn’t even dressed as lamb. Andrew Phillips, Sapperton

Dear Editor Re: Demo on hold for 1937 house in New West, Dec. 7. Coun. Bill Harper’s interpretation of heritage preservation seems regressive and far too broad.

Dear Editor: Wanna know what it’s like to be a second-class citizen? Try being a senior citizen or a disabled person after a snowstorm.

To figure out how our provincial political parties think they are going to be affected by the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion controversy in the coming election campaign, it may be best to examine how their leaders have dealt with this issue over ti

It’s a little like the items marked $1.99. We all know it’s really $2 – but it feels a bit better thinking it’s a deal in some way. So when the city says it’s working on keeping the tax hike at 2.

Dear Editor, I was saddened to see so few people show up at the council chamber on Monday, Nov. 28 to make their views known as to where they stand on the Development Variance Permit (DVP) for 628 and 638 Columbia St.

Dear Editor, Re: Your recent article dated Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016: “Fighting for the missing middle.” My husband and I are longtime residents of New Westminster since 1984.