Opinion

It seems like summer just began, but now we are looking at the start of the PNE this weekend, which is the signal that summer is almost over. It’s also the signal that that silly season is about to really get underway – election time.

Enough is enough. We are appalled at news that West Vancouver’s mayor and council were targeted with death threats spray-painted on a developer’s signboard.

They’re coming. Funding announcements. Fast and furious. We’re in the summer before a fall election and the governing party is breaking open the piggy bank. It’s as Canadian a tradition as hockey heartbreak.

Helicopter parents (those who hover and micro-manage out of fear) have been taking a lot of heat over the past few years, but their hovering tendencies have nothing on the newly-named parenting label that’s really getting the cold shoulder from onloo

The federal election campaign is gearing up and there is the looming possibility that B.C. could crown a victor. It is conceivable that by the time we determine how B.C.

Editor: Re: Plenty of reasons for New West residents to oppose TMX , Record opinion, Aug. 2 I agree that the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project (TMX) is a significant threat to our beautiful Brunette River conservation area.

A commentary by a wildlife biologist, a former farmer, and a writer interested in justice, democracy and civilization. We thought they were municipal employees, the three men wearing reflective-yellow work vests.

Editor: Currently, in Canada, there is, to put it bluntly, a patchwork of prescription drug coverage which is expensive and unfair, leaving our most vulnerable citizens without coverage.

Gardening and comedy aren’t all that different. Timing is everything with both, but it’s also how we deal with the unexpected that makes gardening and comedy a lot alike.

Things have cooled off today (Thursday), but it’s been smoking hot for the past week in New Westminster. And that has some local residents worried about the health of some trees in the community.