Skip to content

Opinion

Letter: I'll be sad to see Front opened to traffic again on weekends

Letter: I'll be sad to see Front opened to traffic again on weekends

Editor: It has been great to have Front Street closed in the weekends. I take the opportunity to ride my bike in the neighborhood and each time. The feeling of freedom fills me with hope that this battle with COVID 19 can be won.
Opinion: New West tells runners to stop ‘gross’ spitting during pandemic

Opinion: New West tells runners to stop ‘gross’ spitting during pandemic

Joggers - also known as “runners” or “people in far better shape than me” – have been the subject of many letters to the editor and messages to me.
Letter: This 'screeching racket' in New West has got to stop

Letter: This 'screeching racket' in New West has got to stop

Editor: We thought some time ago that the work done on the SkyTrain just east of the 22nd Street station would put an end to the screeching, endless racket, but we were wrong.
Opinion: Not everyone is happy this New West street is safer

Opinion: Not everyone is happy this New West street is safer

Few letters to the editor are able to make my heart soar. Thirty years in journalism will make a person jaded like that.
Blogs: B.C.'s back-to-school plan has me riding an emotional rollercoaster

Blogs: B.C.'s back-to-school plan has me riding an emotional rollercoaster

This isn’t what I thought my daughter’s Grade 3 year would look like. I thought this might be the year she would join the choir, or maybe even the track club.
Comment: Why did Trudeau create unnecessary student grants? Maybe to buy votes

Comment: Why did Trudeau create unnecessary student grants? Maybe to buy votes

Conflict of interest revelations surrounding the selection of WE Charity to administer the Canada Student Service Grant have dominated media coverage and led to investigations by parliamentary committees and the federal ethics commissioner.
Opinion: B.C. must be better prepared to protect seniors from COVID-19

Opinion: B.C. must be better prepared to protect seniors from COVID-19

It has been clear for some time that COVID-related death rates are shockingly high in long-term care facilities.
Dying in pandemic times: My son and my father passed away in a 6-week span

Dying in pandemic times: My son and my father passed away in a 6-week span

A commentary by a lawyer and consultant who works, teaches and publishes in the areas of conflict resolution, constitutional law, law and religion, and public law. Over the past six weeks, my father and my son passed away.
Opinion: Don’t expect a pandemic rebate from ICBC — it’s flat broke

Opinion: Don’t expect a pandemic rebate from ICBC — it’s flat broke

Other insurance companies in Canada are offering rebates to help customers through the pandemic, so why can’t ICBC do the same? Don’t be ridiculous. It was already flat broke before COVID-19 hit. Now it’s even further in the red.
Opinion: Track your COVID-19 bubble like you would an STI

Opinion: Track your COVID-19 bubble like you would an STI

There is a growing and alarming complacency about COVID-19 in communities across Canada, including B.C. Our self-congratulations and comparisons to the worst-case scenarios unfolding in the U.S.