Opinion

Editor: I was walking downtown (in New Westminster) with my brother (a visitor) and we noted how utterly disgusting the cigarette butt litter was.

The B.C. legislature is set to resume sitting mid-June. Right now, the legislature is a fairly barren place. The offices that remain open have few staff and it remains closed to the public.

Editor: I’m not sure whether you remember what downtown New Westminster looked like in the 1980s (but if) you don’t I’ll remind you - it was a dump. (Former mayor) Wayne Wright cleaned it up and made “New West great again.

Two years ago, the number of Canadian veterans applying for disability benefits stood at roughly 30,000. Last year, that number climbed to 40,000, and this year it stood at 44,000.

Things are getting back to "normal" in phase two

One day in the distant past, legendary Victoria street cop Doug Bond tried to persuade a suspect in a credit union robbery to confess. C’mon, Bond told less-than-co-operative criminal, you match the description given by the tellers.

A commentary by the president, CEO and director of Mercer International, one of the world’s largest producers of NBSK market pulp. With sawmills closing, more effective government intervention is needed to maintain B.C.

Editor: For the last two months, Canadians have shown incredible determination to keep our communities safe. Canadians have unquestionably understood that public health is a shared responsibility.

Editor: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s (minority) government is just trying to buy votes with this financial extra to Canadian seniors. The seniors I know and talk with have never had so much cash in their pockets, during this shutdown.

One of the more curious aspects of the B.C. government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic is its unexpected backing of a potential plan for the NHL to set up shop here. Provincial health officer Dr.