Opinion

Dear Editor When I saw the signs warning of repaving on Stewardson Way my jaw dropped. On the last weekend the Pattullo Bridge was closed yet. I knew there would be major headaches with traffic. But what did occur was beyond my worst imagination.

Can anything replace the smell of a new notebook, the echo of a new school locker being slammed shut, the feel of a new knapsack bought for a new school year? Probably not.

Let's say you are on a wait list for the type of surgery that will play a huge role in your life, perhaps the kind that restores full mobility or removes chronic pain or simply provides a level of comfort you haven't felt for some time.

Well, here we are once again with “back to school” being top of mind for many families. School opening in the fall was definitely very different in the early decades of this city’s existence.

For most folks, it’s the last long weekend of the summer – a time to load up the barbecue, take a nap in the hammock and, most of all, forget about work. But Labour Day, is, after all, all about work.

Dear Editor I’m wondering why the B.C. Liquor Stores treat the New West market as second-class.

Dear Editor The city did a good job of managing traffic disruptions during the recent weekend closures of the Pattullo Bridge.

When it comes to job creation, governments at all levels love to point to various infrastructure projects that cost billions of dollars and do indeed create a lot of jobs.

We never expected to use this editorial space to wax nostalgic about the environmental leadership of former B.C. premier Gordon Campbell, but he at least took the step of instituting a carbon tax.

Dear Editor, Re: Expect Site C ripple effect, Opinion, by Keith Baldrey, Aug. 4 edition.