黑马磁力

Skip to content

Opinion

'Gang of six' responsible for high tax increases

The facts are, the 鈥済ang of six鈥 is pretty much solely responsible for the outrageous tax increases we Township property owners have been stuck with since they got elected.

Editorial 鈥 Cruise-In is back

The 黑马磁力 Good Times Cruise-In is back, and the sense of eagerness and anticipation is high in the community.

Single transferable tax?

Ever since the convoluted single transferable vote system was rejected by British Columbians, there hasn鈥檛 been much debate about changing the electoral system.

EDITORIAL: Bargain, but quietly

With school now underway, both sides in the B.C. public school teachers dispute should loudly pronounce their intentions to bargain in good faith and then duck under the cover of silence until there's something worthwhile to report 鈥 like a settlement.
Tough sales tax choices remain

Tough sales tax choices remain

Switching sales taxes isn't as simple as Bill Vander Zalm believes. There are already thousands of businesses that have never had to collect it, and thousands more who didn't anticipate having to go back to the PST.

Back to school brings reminder for drivers

While the sunny skies and warm temperatures might have us thinking of a few last summer activities to squeeze into our schedules, we shouldn鈥檛 be too quick to gloss over the arrival of September 鈥 and with it the return of schoolchildren on our streets and sidewalks.

Straight talk on tax burden is needed

Even though we now have a decision from the voters of B.C. to scrap the HST, I wonder when or if we will ever hear any straight talk from our government about the tax burden on individual citizens.

Family tree help asked

If anyone has information about Ethel Diel or Maria Handsaker, I would love to hear from you.

Right decision not to call an election

Premier Christy Clark鈥檚 decision not to call a fall election makes a great deal of sense, and not only for the reasons she outlined.

TransLink gives value on roads

Considering the amount of the regional network residents use, an independent study 黑马磁力 commissioned about 10 years ago concluded that residents were getting their money鈥檚 worth from TransLink.