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What began in the West End has encompassed the Lower Mainland, including the Tri-Cities — and this letter writer thinks the cheer is misplaced.

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Editor: I read with interest recent article in your esteemed paper (Time for smokers to butt out is now, or risk ventilator shortage: researcher).

Editor: While at work one day in 2013, I got a call that no one every wants to hear - you dad had a catastrophic stroke, he is in the emergency department at Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops (I live in Burnaby).

From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have regularly seen people choose to wear a variety of masks, from medical masks to cloth face coverings, in grocery stores and parks, on buses and sidewalks.

I’m taking a break from COVID-19 to talk about taking care of our community. Sure, there are more important issues going on, but that doesn’t mean people can just toss away their sense of decency. For example, the photo attached to this column.

Editor: An open letter to Dr. Victoria Lee, President and Chief Executive Officer, Fraser Health Authority, and Dr.

The 7 p.m. cheer is for front-line health-care workers first, but it's also a show of solidarity for the rest of us

A list of strategies and tips from the New Westminster School District can help to steer us in the right direction - if we take it in a spirit of compassion and grace