Opinion

The Editor: As we practice self-isolation and social distancing in Canada and around the world, let us not forget diplomat-on-leave Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor, who have been detained in a tit-for-tat move by China for the past 16 m

A commentary by a former deputy minister in 10 ministries under five premiers, who also ran his own small business for 20 years. It is even more essential in a crisis to have an active opposing Opposition and an investigative, questioning media.

Editor: I want to acknowledge Bill Smith for the work he has been doing at the Fraser Cemetery. Smith has been out daily for the last month and a half cleaning the headstones of the veterans buried in the cemetery.

Editor: Re: Hundreds of inquiries and complaints made to New Westminster’s compliance hotline , Record News I was saddened to read New West city has enacted a compliance complaint hotline – a.ka.

As we enter the next phase of living in the COVID-19 pandemic, four new rules have emerged when it comes to governing human behaviour.

The Editor, We hear these days of so many institutions going bankrupt or in receivership — and these are long standing things like the Vancouver Aquarium. Small businesses, which are a younger persons start at a future, may never get going again.

Editor: An open letter to bank managers and landlords in New Westminster and Burnaby: You may recall my open letter to you on March 31, asking you to offer a mortgage and rent deferral for your clients and tenants on April 1.

Editor: Re: New West approves fines for COVID-19 park infractions , Record News. I walked past the tennis courts at Queen’s Park and saw a padlock on the gate.

The Editor, The incident of the assault on the Skytrain is most disheartening in a time we should be working together as Canadians.

The New Westminster Police Department is encouraging us to sign up for a Nextdoor account.