Opinion

Re: Taking a closer look at ‘our’ history, Our View, Oct. 27. After reading your newspaper’s passionate editorial advocating the excision of any part of our past we find distasteful by simply renaming it, I would like to suggest a few more changes.

It is 9 a.m. in B.C. while we pen this editorial. But it’s 10 a.m. in this newsroom. Well, to be clear, the clock in the newsroom says it’s 10 a.m. We have yet to turn back the newsroom clock.

There is a runaway freight train barrelling down the track at all provincial governments, and the young B.C. NDP government is no exception to its impact.

Dear Editor: The leaves are falling and many people in New Westminster seem to be under the impression that raking their leaves into the gutter is OK. It probably was 30 years ago, but no more.

Re: Will May Day make it to its 150th? Record , Oct. 26. The claim that May Day takes away from the teaching/learning time of students is simply not correct.

Facts matter. Words matter. So we applaud B.C.’s new Speaker of the House, Darryl Plecas’s attempt to bring a bit more civility into the legislature.

The mood at the NDP convention over the weekend was practically euphoric, but it masked some real concerns about the first real, critical test of the fledgling government.

I am concerned about the proposed development of a 30-storey tower in uptown at 616-640 Sixth St. The city recently adopted a new Official Community Plan (OCP), and several of its goals and policies will be violated if the proposal goes through.

Would you pay more to take your private vehicle to work in rush hour to avoid taking the bus? If both take the same amount of time – what with transit transfers and traffic delays – but the car provides door-to-door service, is it worth paying a few

Dear Editor: Re: Will May Day make it to its 150th? I carefully read your article about the New Westminster school board’s proposal, after some undefined consultation, to remake May Day.