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Opinion: Scary Washington cases mean keep that border shut tight

Opinion: Scary Washington cases mean keep that border shut tight

Every day, at around 4:30 p.m., an email hits my inbox and it is one that holds increasingly worrisome news.
Letter: Slower New West service no excuse for being aggressive

Letter: Slower New West service no excuse for being aggressive

Editor: A disturbing trend is starting to emerge. Maybe it's a poor coping mechanism people are using to deal with the pandemic.
Letter: Compulsory masks? May as well go 'whole hog' and add goggles

Letter: Compulsory masks? May as well go 'whole hog' and add goggles

Editor: Re: I feel anger when I see people not wearing masks , NOW letters Please define 'mask', please.
Letter: People are being poisoned to death and few of us care

Letter: People are being poisoned to death and few of us care

Editor: Over the past four months, we have been through a lot. We have been stuck at home. We have been physically distancing, sitting at home watching the COVID-19 infection and mortality statistics on television and various social media platforms.
Letters: Hats off to B.C. officials during this crisis

Letters: Hats off to B.C. officials during this crisis

Dear Editor , Whilst we salute our frontlines in all that they do and have done for us, the people of British Columbia/Richmond, we must specifically tip our hats to Dr.
Column: COVID-19 ruined my vacation but not - thankfully - my husband’s hip surgery

Column: COVID-19 ruined my vacation but not - thankfully - my husband’s hip surgery

A bicycle accident ended our ‘staycation’ and landed my husband in Royal Columbian Hospital for five days. Here’s what happened.
Comment: Time for government to stop withholding pandemic information

Comment: Time for government to stop withholding pandemic information

A commentary by a former deputy minister in 10 ministries under five premiers, who also ran his own small business for 20 years.
Hunting for the best sandwich in downtown New West

Hunting for the best sandwich in downtown New West

I didn’t come up with the headline for this blog all on my own. No, I cribbed it from the Downtown New Westminster Business Improvement Association, which has been busy profiling the members in their area.
Letter: COVID-19 shows how we're betraying our elders

Letter: COVID-19 shows how we're betraying our elders

Editor: Former American vice-president Hubert Humphrey proclaimed, “The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; those who are in the s
Letter: Our New West neighbour inspires us with anthem

Letter: Our New West neighbour inspires us with anthem

Every evening at 7 p.m. since March, a young neighbour has inspired many of us to come out and make some noise to recognize and thank all the essential workers during these difficult, COVID-19 times.