Opinion

For a party that has a razor thin margin of error if it expects to win the upcoming election, the NDP can't be happy about a number of developments in recent days.

Dear Editor: Just wanted to give one of your carriers a big shoutout and season’s greetings. Robert, who has been delivering our papers for some time now, is deserving of recognition and appreciative words.

Dear Editor: My children, too, have enjoyed classes at the Arenex, and I’m relieved no one was injured. As a taxpayer, I question the city’s risk management protocols. Hopefully, reliance on good luck is not one of them.

Dear Editor: I just got back from walking my dogs in uptown New Westminster when I came across a homeless guy setting up his bed by Tim Hortons, and before I could ask him if he’s OK, he stands up and proceeds to urinate on the street in front of me.

Being uncertain whether to lament or laugh about my recent property assessment, I decided to go on a real estate hunt instead. Enjoy. [ View the story "My "million-dollar" home: Real estate hunting with a paper millionaire" on Storify ]

Coming soon to a vacant school field near you: portables, lots and lots of portables. While much attention has been paid to the $50 million that will hire more than 1,000 teachers as a result of the interim agreement between the B.C.

Who can blame them? Anyone who has felt that neck-wrenching, body-twisting pull of gravity as their feet shoot out from under them on an icy sidewalk knows the stages of ice-rage. First comes the self-blame. I should have seen that icy patch.

Dear Editor There must a new train company operating on the rail line that crosses at Braid Street – their whistles are incredibly loud, I mean startlingly loud.

Dear Editor It has came to my attention lately that some landlords/owners in New Westminster are using the pretext of reno-victions to evict tenants in order to renovate or supposedly renovate (small bandaid jobs, lick of paint, etc.

After the craziness that characterized so much of the political world in 2016, I suppose I should be wary of making many predictions about what to expect in the coming year. But where’s the fun in playing it safe? So here we go.