Opinion

To repeat: In 2003, a total of 44 Canadians died of SARS, and we panicked. By contrast, 8,511 of us died from garden variety flu and pneumonia in 2018, and we yawned. As Madonna would say: boring.

Editor: The city plans to spend $5,000,000 on the Rotary Crosstown Greenway protected bike lanes between 5th and 7th Streets in the next four years.

Editor: We are getting impatient about the progress that is being made in regards to changes to the minimum lot size required to build a duplex in the ground-oriented infill housing areas in New Westminster.

New Westminster is one of the fastest-growing municipalities in B.C., according to the latest numbers from BC Stats.

One of the key differences between the current BC NDP government and the BC NDP government of the 1990s is that the current one’s ability to take the heat.

For many football fans, watching the Kansas City Chiefs take a late comeback win against the San Francisco 49ers was the obvious highlight of this year’s Super Bowl game, but for me (a non-follower of football), the halftime show was the most memorab

According to the American Heritage Dictionary the phrase “waste not, want not” was first recorded in 1772, but was derived from an earlier version: “wilful waste makes woeful want” recorded in 1576.

Editor: Have you shopped Port Townsend or visited some Fairhaven cafes (in the U.S.)? If yes, then you likely share my enthusiasm for a car-free Columbia Street.

Sport is identity-intrinsic, government is identity-inciting; it would help if, every so often, the latter would help the former make us feel better.

Editor: While I agree there should be more dedicated space for cyclists, in the meantime, they will have to share space with pedestrians and motorists.