Opinion

Running a government can be challenging, but it also means being in a position to actually accomplish things and deliver the goods.

Editor: Re: New Westminster taxpayers facing a 5.28-per-cent tax increase in 2019 , Record , Feb.

Burnaby North-Seymour MP Terry Beech stoop up in front of the House of Commons for what was probably the toughest one-minute speech of his life. Beech shared the story of his new baby Nova, born on Dec.

Editor: I wonder when boys in high places will ever accept that when a woman says “no” she means it.

Today is Search and Rescue Volunteer Memorial Day. It’s a time to heap much-deserved accolades on those volunteers across B.C. who risk life and limb to save people lost or hurt – or both – in our backcountry areas.

So long, sunny ways.

Editor: I am a psychiatric social worker and health-care manager who has worked in the community for 30 years. I see climate change as the greatest mental issue of this century.

I always get a little sad at this time of year. It’s mainly because my birthday is in the first part of March, and the number always seems to climb. But it’s also because minor hockey and soccer programs are coming to an end.

Editor: Effective Jan, 1, 2019, the BC NDP minority government introduced the Employer Health Tax. This tax is a tax on the total payroll cost of all employers in B.C. to cover for the elimination of Medical Services Plan premiums.

Editor: Re: S top using shock collars because they’re cruel and don’t work: BC SPCA , NOW , Feb.