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Les Leyne: Mass hiring of contact tracers suggests B.C. is bracing for COVID-19 surge

Les Leyne: Mass hiring of contact tracers suggests B.C. is bracing for COVID-19 surge

B.C. has made a major new commitment to one COVID-19 response tactic that suggests officials are more certain now that a surge in cases is coming this fall, if not sooner.
EDITORIAL: With COVID cases climbing, now's the time to remind people what's at stake

EDITORIAL: With COVID cases climbing, now's the time to remind people what's at stake

The days of low-single digit increases of new COVID-19 infections in B.C. have slipped through our fingers. Since the beginning of July, the curve we worked so hard to flatten has turned sharply upwards.
Letter: Social distancing simply not possible in New West schools

Letter: Social distancing simply not possible in New West schools

Editor: An open letter to MLA Judy Darcy and Education Minister Rob Fleming: I am writing to express my concerns about British Columbia’s back-to-school plan for September 2020. I live in beautiful New Westminster, where I am raising my two children.
Letter: New West train whistles actually bring me comfort

Letter: New West train whistles actually bring me comfort

Editor: The sound of train whistles in New Westminster bring me comfort. Sometimes it seems they ring in the key of D, or C or maybe E-flat - still music to my soul. The whistles are the echoes of history; they signal stability for our country.
Opinion: These reckless house parties need to stop during pandemic

Opinion: These reckless house parties need to stop during pandemic

I first noticed a few weeks back that an increased number of younger British Columbians were testing positive for COVID-19 A report released by the U.S.
Letter: Rules mean New West train engineers must blow whistles

Letter: Rules mean New West train engineers must blow whistles

Editor: Re: New West SkyTrain noise better than awful trains , Record letters As a former locomotive engineer and national union officer dealing primarily with Rail Safety in Canada I felt it necessary to comment on some of the content in the letter
OPINION: COVID-19 gives us time to consider what we want to do with all our extra stuff

OPINION: COVID-19 gives us time to consider what we want to do with all our extra stuff

One of my bedrooms is starting to look like a basement. There are multiple boxes of books stacked in a corner, bulging black garbage bags lay heavy with clothes and shoes, and housewares and assorted old treasures are piled up waiting for donation.
Letter: Teachers are like first responders & should put interests of children first

Letter: Teachers are like first responders & should put interests of children first

The Editor, I fully support B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry when she says the risk of not sending the kids to school is far greater than that posed by a potential spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.
Opinion: B.C. schools plan needs more work to convince BCTF

Opinion: B.C. schools plan needs more work to convince BCTF

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began back in March, we have learned to manage the risk the virus has brought into our lives.
Letter: This New West street is safer, but now our street is worse

Letter: This New West street is safer, but now our street is worse

Editor: I am writing in response to the recent letter to the editor by Brennan Anstey and to the notice distributed to Fader Street residents from George Jankovic, transportation technologist for the City of New Westminster.