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Letter: Compliance 'champions' need to get out of my backyard

Letter: Compliance 'champions' need to get out of my backyard

Editor: The highlight of my week was reading that COVID-19 compliance efforts are being scaled back and the champion staff that were used and abused daily are now going back to regular duties.
Opinion: Pattullo replacement has plenty of cool New West ‘connections’

Opinion: Pattullo replacement has plenty of cool New West ‘connections’

So much – too much - of the conversation surrounding the Pattullo Bridge replacement has been people arguing about if the new bridge should be four lanes or six.
Letter: 'Disgraceful' care homes prolonging pandemic nightmare

Letter: 'Disgraceful' care homes prolonging pandemic nightmare

Editor: This is not meant to criticize well-run long-term care facilities, of which there are many. However, there are countless centres that are disgraceful, in every respect.
Opinion: The key B.C. moves that saved so many lives in care homes

Opinion: The key B.C. moves that saved so many lives in care homes

As the horror stories continue to come out of Ontario and Quebec long-term care homes, it is worth noting that B.C. health authorities made a series of critically important decisions that likely averted similar outcomes here.
Blogs: My daughter's not going back to school on Monday. Here's why.

Blogs: My daughter's not going back to school on Monday. Here's why.

For a yes-or-no question, it took a surprisingly long time to answer.
Letter: Pandemic isolation is harder for some than others

Letter: Pandemic isolation is harder for some than others

Editor: In this time of uncertainty, some things (unfortunately) remain certain. On April 14, 2016, a public health emergency was declared in BC, due to the number of overdose deaths that had been recorded in the months leading up to that time.
Letter: A ‘mean machine’ took my leg. Don’t make that mistake

Letter: A ‘mean machine’ took my leg. Don’t make that mistake

Editor: Accidents can happen in a split second. When I was two years old, I ran into the path of a riding lawn mower and lost my right leg below the knee.
Letter: Cities in 'critical' need of more funding during crisis

Letter: Cities in 'critical' need of more funding during crisis

Editor: Our communities are facing two crises right now. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all of us, and our local governments will soon face serious funding shortfalls as a result.
Letter: New West doesn't need to block this Sixth Avenue lane

Letter: New West doesn't need to block this Sixth Avenue lane

Editor: I have been residing in New Westminster since the fall of 2017. My wife is a dialysis patient and we have really come to appreciate the service that’s provided for her at the Royal City Centre dialysis clinic.
Jack Knox: ‘Kooky’ or kryptonite? Greens split on future

Jack Knox: ‘Kooky’ or kryptonite? Greens split on future

Kooky. When former B.C. Green leader Andrew Weaver (you knew he had stepped down, right?) took a highly public swipe at his likely successor on the weekend, one word stood out.