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Condo Smarts: Misinformation circulating to condo owners

Condo Smarts: Misinformation circulating to condo owners

Dear Tony: Are strata corporations that are townhouses and bare land strata permitted to adopt bylaws that limit rentals or Airbnb? Our townhouse complex in Vernon received a circular from a neighbouring property that advised rental bylaws were not e
Editorial: Think, remember and reflect

Editorial: Think, remember and reflect

During the Battle of Ypres in 1915, Canadian lieutenant-colonel John McCrae wrote In Flanders Fields when he saw poppies growing beside a grave of a close friend who died in battle.
Opinion: Old age is not a crime. Don't make seniors feel like a burden

Opinion: Old age is not a crime. Don't make seniors feel like a burden

Old age is not a crime. Yet far too often in Canada, our seniors are made to feel like they’re a burden, an inconvenience and a problem. This needs to stop. National Senior Safety Week was held Nov.
Adrian Raeside cartoon: Long-term care homes

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Long-term care homes

Seniors surveyed fear dying of loneliness more than COVID-19: advocate
Letter: Fireworks are terrifying and New Westminster needs to ban them

Letter: Fireworks are terrifying and New Westminster needs to ban them

Editor: Dear Mayor Cote and council: Let’s ban fireworks in the City of New Westminster as they have done in Vancouver. Please.
Opinion: 26 COVID cases in one dance studio. Good grief

Opinion: 26 COVID cases in one dance studio. Good grief

We’ve been hearing more and more about clusters of COVID-19 cases stemming from weddings, funerals and other large gatherings. Many of these clusters have occurred in Fraser Health, which includes Burnaby, New Westminster and the Tri-Cities.
Opinion: It’s time to find a cure for diabetes

Opinion: It’s time to find a cure for diabetes

November is National Diabetes Awareness Month
Opinion: Name change won't fix woes of BC Liberals

Opinion: Name change won't fix woes of BC Liberals

While the BC NDP waits patiently to return to full-government mode, the BC Liberals are beginning a long stay in the political wilderness.
Opinion: Why is anybody shocked COVIDIOTS ran rampant on Halloween?

Opinion: Why is anybody shocked COVIDIOTS ran rampant on Halloween?

Social media was ablaze on Halloween night – split between outrage over fireworks and the thousands of COVIDIOTS who decided they didn’t care if they got or spread COVID-19.
Letter: 'Big Tech' is not like any other business and must be reined in

Letter: 'Big Tech' is not like any other business and must be reined in

The Editor, This decade will reveal the biggest human rights issue of our times is finding a way to protect ourselves from from ‘Big Tech.’ ‘Big Tech’ is monopolistic and powerful and is not “just like any other businesses.