Opinion

The B.C. Day of Mourning was held across the province on Saturday with 40 ceremonies marking the deaths of those who lost their lives on the job. The numbers released by WorkSafeBC to mark the occasion are sobering to look at. In B.C.

We were made to move. When we don't, our health suffers. When we do, we thrive. Yet many of us have adapted to a sedentary lifestyle - losing strength, flexibility and coordination through underuse.

Dear Editor: From the lens of a sexual assault survivor, I found the article headline, “ Accused in 1996 New Westminster cold case has died ” incomplete and misleading, shifting the concern to the rapist instead of the victim.

Dear Editor: We are writing to you to express our concerns regarding the future construction projects in our area (78 Richmond St.). We are living in a wonderful part of New Westminster, the Fraserview area.

The first instructions I received after being named editor of the New Westminster Record didn’t come from my new boss – tireless publisher Lara Graham – but from my old boss. Meaning my mother.

Dear Editor: I am very disappointed the government wants to risk destruction of our environment and violate Aboriginal rights by subsidizing businesses willing to profit from our misery by building a pipeline through unceded First Nation lands and ex

Though the real campaign period is still months away, it’s safe to say New Westminster’s municipal election race is already underway.

Premier John Horgan was given a rousing welcome by delegates to the annual CUPE convention last week, but I have to wonder whether that’s going to be as good as it gets for the premier and his government when it comes to dealing with public sector un

Dear Editor: Not long ago, there was a report on CEOs’ and executives’ outrageous compensation of $10 million or more and other disgusting benefits.

It’s been a long time since British Columbia was beset with the kind of highly charged situation that’s currently playing out on Burnaby Mountain.