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COLUMN: Let's make a dramatic gesture Downtown

New Westminster city council will receive the results of the Downtown Parking Strategy, recommending the entire parkade stay—indefinitely.

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COLUMN: The fall and rise of the BC Liberals

Christy Clark became the first female to be elected premier in B.C. because she had a simple message and repeatedly hammered it

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No excuse not to vote

You're just as likely not to cast a ballot in Tuesday's provincial election as you are to mark your X.

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Liberals are best answer for BC's future

BC Local News - Monday May 6, 2013

Contributor urges careful consideration from voters before ballots are cast

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COLUMN: On risky business, and the art of tact

Thoughts on dodgy-looking business, making a proper argument and aging.

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EDITORIAL: Paying to visit

The Department of Homeland Security recently proposed a crossing fee for visitors traversing America’s northern and southern borders.

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EDITORIAL: Don't snooze this election

The 2013 provincial election will be one of the most important in a generation.

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COLUMN: Politicians in glass houses shouldn't throw ads

The Tri-City News - Thursday April 11, 2013

Attack ads are being used in the BC provincial election campaign – and they could be used against anyone, writes Richard Dal Monte.

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COLUMN: How shopping malls are being transformed into true city centres

Burnaby NewsLeader - Tuesday April 9, 2013

Brentwood, Oakridge and Lougheed malls are poised to become authentic, living, breathing town centres.

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COLUMN: Happy to pay a little more for public education

Then you go to the BC Liberals website and you’ll hear that “Funding for K-12 education in B.C. is at the highest level in history.”

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COLUMN: Which of these ships will sail?

22nd Street SkyTrain station in New Westminster hasn't seen the boom in development as others have.

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COLUMN: Royal City Centre's success a moving Target?

The rumour mill is grinding overtime with suggestions Target is coming to New Westminster in the vacant space once occupied by Zellers.

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EDITORIAL: Return of a tax

Burnaby NewsLeader - Tuesday April 2, 2013

It was perhaps fitting that B.C. returned to the Provincial Sales Tax on April Fool’s Day.

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COLUMN: We're being led down the garden path to global warming

New Westminster News Leader - Wednesday March 27, 2013

For years it seemed Canada, or at least B.C., might be a leader in reducing carbon and helping to slow the progress of climate change.

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GUEST COLUMN: New Westminster is a leader in sustainable growth

Why should New Westminster give up livability, tear down buildings, and sever neighbourhoods to support auto-oriented suburbs.

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COLUMN: New Westminster's traffic discussion must dig deeper

Let’s take a look around the Royal City a moment, and get a sense of how we appear to our car-travelling neighbours.

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EDITORIAL: All too political

Burnaby NewsLeader - Tuesday March 5, 2013

It seems job security is not one of the benefits that comes from working for Premier Christy Clark.

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COLUMN: In praise of a wandering spirit

I met a young woman named Faye the other day. She was enchanting, but not in the usual way.

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COLUMN: Cities have always worked together

In the case of New Westminster, its diminutive size (15 square km, 65,000 souls), is definitely part of its charm

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COLUMN: NDP's fortunes take a hit in federal riding re-draw

Burnaby NewsLeader - Thursday February 7, 2013

If the proposals are approved, the lines in Burnaby and New Westminster will change significantly.

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