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Letter: COVID-19 will lead to a more caring society

Letter: COVID-19 will lead to a more caring society

Editor: We live in difficult times, where humanity must not only deal with the ravages of the coronavirus, but with environmental degradation and many injustices throughout the world. Yet, the light within the human spirit endures.
Letter: These New West portable toilets are raising a stink for us

Letter: These New West portable toilets are raising a stink for us

Editor: At the start of this pandemic, health experts/officials and the media were telling us if you can smell someone’s bad breath, then you're too close.
Opinion: This doctor details the pitfalls of wearing face masks

Opinion: This doctor details the pitfalls of wearing face masks

Growing up in the 1960s and ‘70s, masks and gloves were donned by my favourite heroes: Batman, Robin and the Lone Ranger. (I’ll include the Green Hornet and Kato for fans of ‘60s TV and Bruce Lee.
Opinion: The Great Reopening needs us to be spenders again

Opinion: The Great Reopening needs us to be spenders again

As the Great Re-Opening comes into view, it is not unclear if our provincial economy will reawaken itself. More than 400,000 British Columbians are out of work right now, an astonishing situation akin to the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Opinion: Dr. Henry said one thing. Selfish people heard another

Opinion: Dr. Henry said one thing. Selfish people heard another

Dr. Bonnie Henry had a tricky job this week when it came to her daily pressers about COVID-19. She had to discuss the B.C.
Letter: New West manure sale saved from pandemic

Letter: New West manure sale saved from pandemic

Editor: As many residents of New Westminster know, the athletics department of New Westminster Secondary School has been running a mushroom manure sale for over 20 years. The funds raised help to finance various teams in the program.
Letters: Traditional Chinese medicine motives questionable

Letters: Traditional Chinese medicine motives questionable

Dear Editor, Re: “TCM practitioners aim to join the fight against COVID-19,” News, April 28. I was distressed to read about a petition started by traditional Chinese medicine practitioners asking to have B.C.
Editor's column: Why using the word 'outbreak' is justified

Editor's column: Why using the word 'outbreak' is justified

Fearmongering, sensationalizing and reporting irresponsibly. We’ve heard it all before — sometimes it’s deserved, sometimes it isn’t.
Opinion: Time to end scary 'cowboy culture' in construction

Opinion: Time to end scary 'cowboy culture' in construction

With the public debate focused on the question of dialling-up our economy in these trying times, it is important that we do not forget the important role of workplace safety enforcement going forward.
Opinion: COVID-19 is the time to fix B.C. parks issues

Opinion: COVID-19 is the time to fix B.C. parks issues

British Columbians miss nature. They miss their neighbourhood trail. Their weekend retreat to a forested campsite. The accessible nature which can feel far and close at the same time.