Opinion

Editor: Re: Construction to start on new Pattullo Bridge , Record I attended the Pattullo Bridge announcement (on Monday). Not a single person from Burnaby. No mayor or councillors.

Honking has become an epidemic on Lower Mainland roads — adding more stress to driving in traffic

Celebrity couple’s retreat from royal duties to Canada’s West Coast doesn’t mean we should forget our manners

Wandering the aisles of Michaels on a Friday night, I pick up a pink and red box of pre-made Valentine’s Day cards and ask my youngest child, “How about these ones?” She shrugs her shoulders and skips off.

When the B.C. legislature resumes sitting this week, there is a minor alignment of the assembly’s seating plan. This carries with it potentially major implications.

It was 10 years ago – Feb. 12, 2010 – that the opening ceremonies of the Vancouver Olympic Games were held. Remember that? Remember Wayne Gretzky riding in the back of the ceremonial pickup truck? That was weird.

Editor: Re: Recycling whitewash The recent efforts by the City of New Westminster to get public input and get engagement at the recycling depot recently was laughable and so disappointing.

Dear Editor, Eve Edmonds’ column about fake news being spread should be considered minor compared to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals giving major news media $600 million worth of taxpayers dollars.

Sometimes, particularly when it leaves one party dissatisfied, the law is an inelegant instrument.

For years now, ICBC’s financial “dumpster fire” has been a slow burn for the province, scorching its bottom line. Despite skyrocketing premiums, the Crown corporation has continued to bleed money.