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OUR VIEW: Needed: A superhero to save the planet

OUR VIEW: Needed: A superhero to save the planet

We’ve gotta take our collective editorial hat off to Andrew Weaver. Weaver, the B.C. Green Party MLA representing Oak Bay-Gordon Head, can always be counted on to remind us why we need to have some non-Liberal, non-NDP voices in the legislature.
Water rights get political

Water rights get political

Is B.C.’s fresh water the new oil? Given the near-hysteria around a foreign corporation’s plan to continue to extract a relatively tiny amount of groundwater from an aquifer deep in the ground, one might be tempted to make that link.
Fires a sign of larger trouble

Fires a sign of larger trouble

It looks like the weather is going to cost B.C. taxpayers dearly this year, but the provincial government is still only taking baby steps when it comes to dealing with what appears to be the chaotic effects of changes in climate patterns.
OUR VIEW: How can we sleep when B.C. is burning?

OUR VIEW: How can we sleep when B.C. is burning?

There was something almost Hollywood-like about the sky that hung over New Westminster on Sunday night. The golden-red light that glowed behind the heavy haze was eerily beautiful, in an apocalyptic, beginning-of-the-end-of-the-world sort of way.
Siren complainer is way off the mark

Siren complainer is way off the mark

Dear Editor In response to “What’s with all the sirens at nighttime?” (Letters to the editor, the Record , July 1). Let me say how appalled I am at Mr. Bandzmer’s comments in his letter. First of all, the person that needs to “get real” is indeed Mr.
A simple solution for the Pattullo Bridge

A simple solution for the Pattullo Bridge

Dear Editor I have the answer for Pattullo Bridge traffic. Make three lanes like the Lions Gate and change traffic flow at a.m. and p.m. with lights. Trucks will only take one lane as designated and do not cross in to the second lane.
OUR VIEW: Transit vote was loud but not clear

OUR VIEW: Transit vote was loud but not clear

Mark us down as disappointed – but not surprised. We were all pretty much expecting a No vote in the transit plebiscite. The only question was how resounding that No was going to be.
The changing face of work in B.C.

The changing face of work in B.C.

High above the second floor rotunda in the B.C. legislature are four murals that celebrate the industries that helped create this province.
Spanking is never the best solution

Spanking is never the best solution

Dear Editor In his letter to the editor (June 24, 2015) Mr. Davis suggests that everyone wants a positive alternative to physical punishment of children but that is not realistic.
Make it stop! Enough with the nighttime sirens already

Make it stop! Enough with the nighttime sirens already

Dear Editor I am a resident of New Westminster, as well as senior citizen, having spent over 10 years in the New Westminster civic area.