Opinion - New Westminster News Leader http://www.newwestnewsleader.com/opinion RSS Feed for Opinion - New Westminster News Leader en-us Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:25:17 GMT COLUMN: Merchants 'fighting the good fight' in Downtown New Westminster http://www.newwestnewsleader.com/opinion/139022079.html The Front Street parkade stretches about 1,000 feet from Begbie to Fourth street and is home to 800 parking spots. And most are empty. EDITORIAL: Energy issues not going away http://www.newwestnewsleader.com/opinion/138861124.html NANAIMO – In 2008, when B.C. introduced its carbon tax, it was widely hailed as a model of environmental and economic design. Is the ongoing labour dispute between teachers a http://www.newwestnewsleader.com/opinion/138405099.html COLUMN: Double-edged sword of change cuts through South Delta http://www.newwestnewsleader.com/opinion/138577184.html The Tsawwassen First Nation is located in the dead centre of South Delta, on about 724 hectares of land, mostly along Highway 17 COLUMN: Home assessment jump doesn't always mean a big tax increase http://www.newwestnewsleader.com/opinion/138264979.html On the hook for a whopping property tax increase this year? There’s often confusion about how, exactly, one’s property assessment translates Did the recent blackout of Internet websites affec http://www.newwestnewsleader.com/opinion/138057108.html EDITORIAL Time to settle http://www.newwestnewsleader.com/opinion/138363119.html Five months into their job action against the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association, teachers seem to be turning the screws tighter. EDTORIAL: Policy to protect http://www.newwestnewsleader.com/opinion/138056338.html Last Tuesday some of the world’s biggest websites, as well as some as its most unique, blacked out the corner of the Internet. EDITORIAL: Take a hike? http://www.newwestnewsleader.com/opinion/137505518.html Thank goodness for Martin Crilly, TransLink’s independent regulator COLUMN: A safe walk in the park in New Westminster http://www.newwestnewsleader.com/opinion/137612788.html It’s amazing how quickly perceptions can change, as it did earlier this month when they heard Lisa McIntosh had been attacked by two men