Opinion

Editor: Without lessening the importance of the Canada Games Pool (aquatic and exercise centre), I have to question the seeming lack of importance of the recycling depot in its current location.

Editor: The article “ HUB presses for cycling changes ” in the Record addresses at least some of the issues challenging cyclists such as myself. I gave up car ownership about three years ago, in the interests of reducing my carbon footprint.

Some say that adversity brings out the best in people. Well, not always. When it comes to dealing with a pandemic, it often brings out the worst in people. Pandemics like the one currently seen in the novel coronavirus are terrifying.

Editor: Re: Letter: New West child care is at a crisis point. Fix it There is no question that child care is a major priority for families in New Westminster.

Editor: An open letter to New Westminster Mayor Jonathan Cote: My name is Michael Foster and I live on Columbia Street. I moved to New Westminster from North Vancouver in 2015.

Editor: Sapperton is doom for small businesses. We all know that this was not exactly a family-friendly area not so long ago, especially after dark.

Twenty years have passed since my last homework assignment, yet I still have nightmares about the mind-numbing math equations, tongue-twisting spelling words and Encyclopedia-quoting essays of my youth.

At the top of the news in recent weeks has been the potent new coronavirus from the Chinese city of Wuhan. So far, the only confirmed case in Canada is being well-managed by health-care workers in Toronto.

Ride hailing has now set up shop in B.C. and depending on how you look at it, this development is either a tremendous breakthrough or the worst thing to come along in quite a while. The traditional taxi situation has clearly failed riders.

Editor: Thank you for your coverage this past week on advocacy efforts (by multiple groups and residents) for allocating (or re-allocating) more money towards sustainable transportation and public realm initiatives that council has made.