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OPINION: Looking for a breakout issue

OPINION: Looking for a breakout issue

The circus is coming back to town next week, which means B.C.’s MLAs will have to wrench themselves from the barbecue circuit and spend at least a few days arguing excitedly with each other.
OUR VIEW: Real estate report answers nothing

OUR VIEW: Real estate report answers nothing

There are serious problems with B.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong’s efforts to disprove the foreign ownership myth last week – after just three weeks of studying the problem after changes to the property transfer tax form.
LETTERS: Fix traffic woes now

LETTERS: Fix traffic woes now

Dear Editor Not very long from now the work on Patullo Bridge and Front Street Mews will be completed and traffic will threaten to be “back to normal.” There is an opportunity here to start anew in a way that may alleviate congestion and frustration.
LETTERS: Parklet is a winner

LETTERS: Parklet is a winner

Dear Editor New Westminster’s new parklet at the corner of Belmont and Sixth streets truly appears to be a winner! No matter what time of day I seem to drive by, the chairs are occupied by people of all ages – mothers with young children playing to c
LETTERS: City needs to ease the traffic on Royal

LETTERS: City needs to ease the traffic on Royal

Dear Editor Since the new Port Mann Bridge opened with the new tolls, traffic has almost doubled in the area to avoid the toll. I don’t understand why the city doesn’t do like many other municipalities and not allow trucks in the left lane.
OPINION: Housing crisis isn’t going away

OPINION: Housing crisis isn’t going away

The housing crisis in Metro Vancouver is deepening to the point where the B.C. government is likely doing a re-think of its strategy in dealing with it.
LETTERS: Thank you for making pop-up playground a success

LETTERS: Thank you for making pop-up playground a success

Dear editor, On Sunday, July 10 we hosted a Spare Parts Adventure pop-up playground in Tipperary Park.
Why I'm not living like it's 1982 (and other parenting rants)

Why I'm not living like it's 1982 (and other parenting rants)

OK, that’s it. I have to do it. I have to rant.
OPINION: B.C. is working to improve campground access

OPINION: B.C. is working to improve campground access

I completely understand the frustration people feel when they are unable to reserve a campsite in one of our provincial parks. You've booked some vacation time, or maybe have simply left work early on a Friday to get a jump on the weekend.
OUR VIEW: Scalping campsites is just not right

OUR VIEW: Scalping campsites is just not right

We probably should have written this editorial in January – because that’s when it might have helped someone. But we didn’t. So, now we, like thousands of other folks in B.C.