Opinion

As a confessed basketball bandwagoner, I watched the NBA Finals game in awe. I had forgotten about the unified excitement of watching traditional team sports - the thrill of anticipation, and the rush of a win.

Transportation Minister Claire Trevena has finally set the wheels in motion that could bring ride-hailing services to B.C. by this fall. It is not entirely clear yet, however, whether any company will enter the B.C.

The Editor, Memo to the young people (middle schoolers?) who were in the northeast corner of Rocky Point Park this past Wednesday, June12: For the most part, you were well behaved, if you don't count the girls going into hysterics anytime a goose cam

Editor: Re: Too much hyperbole in the recycling depot debate , Record , June 13 I found the tone of this editorial somewhat condescending.

His excitement caught my eye. Pure kid delight. A four-year old whizzing down a sloped section of the Spirit Trail on his first pedal bike. He was grinning so hard I could see his tonsils. I couldn’t help but beam myself.

Editor: I love the New Westminster recycling depot. I have been a regular user of this depot for decades. But maybe I don’t have to be anymore. In the 1990s, I would walk or take transit, rain or shine or snow, to the depot just so I could recycle.

The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls issued its final report on June 3 and it was truly devastating.

Halftime of the big game, and one of the key players was in desperate need of a pep talk. This is for a championship, young fella. You need to channel that energy, control your emotions. This is no time for meltdowns or mistakes.

People always seem to enjoy stories of excursions on early steamboats on the Fraser River in the early decades of the Lower Mainland’s history.

Editor: I have written to (the City of New Westminster) on a few occasions and called two or three times to make a complaint about the intersection of Richmond Street and Miner Street.