Opinion

Dear Editor Re: It’s time for a ‘food bank tax’ in Canada, Our View, the Record , Sept. 22. I have supported the food bank for most of my working life. I am now in a position that I can and do generously support it.

It’s been a week of spectacle on both sides of the 49th parallel – and that spectacle has gone a long way to driving home the differences in the two countries that share our long and undefended border.

Strength doesn’t always look like a muscled Atlas, holding up the globe.

I was a bit taken aback when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau drew the loudest roar from the crowd of any guest when he was introduced at the B.C. legislature on the weekend along with the visiting royal couple, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

Is it a coincidence that B.C. is seeing more families and seniors depending on food banks to survive and that the province’s minimum wage is $10.

The rosy state of the B.C. government's financial books is good news for the B.C. Liberals as they seek election, but it's potentially even better news for the New Democratic Party.

This is motherhood. This five-in-the-morning moment, sitting silently on the floor of your bedroom as you rage at me in a screaming-wailing-crying-kicking-hitting meltdown of four-year-old emotional overload. This is motherhood.

As it increasingly looks like the federal government will approve the Kinder Morgan pipeline project, it will be interesting to see how the B.C. political parties react to the decision and how it will factor into next spring’s election outcome.

Dear Editor Dogs off-leash in New Westminster is a constant problem and has been for years.

Dear Editor During the recent August warm spell, we repainted our condo which is adjacent to the new Plaza 88 and Bosa developments. Unfortunately, the work needed to be done with the windows sealed tight.