Opinion

With its first budget in sight on the near horizon, the NDP government is about to discover the heavy lifting that comes with being in government.

From the local to the national, there aren’t many headlines that elude the eagle eye of cartoonist Ingrid Rice. Rice is responsible for the cartoons that grace our editorial pages throughout the year.

Dear Editor: On Nov. 15, the Group of Five had one of its most successful events ever: our annual Christmas fundraiser at Galbraith House.

Dear Editor: As 2017 draws to a close, and 2018 is close at hand, I look back and am thankful for a lot that’s happened this past year.

Well, we had one of our Christmas wishes come true before Christmas. This, in our opinion, bodes well – particularly for the grizzly bears.

The NDP government’s decision to finish the Site C dam appears to have energized one political party more than any other: the B.C. Green Party. While the NDP deals with internal dissent among party activists and the B.C.

Dear Editor: Late last month, I was given the honour of being named New Westminster’s 2017 Citizen of the Year. I am immensely grateful to be recognized and to follow in a long line of incredible people who have carried this title before me.

Christy Clark may have disappeared from photo ops and headlines, but her legacy lives on in the continued construction of the $10.7-billion Site C dam project. Clearly, the previous B.C.

Now that the Site C dam decision is out of the way, look for the NDP government to step up its efforts – as meagre as they appear to be – to block the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion.

There’s no denying it: Times are tough all around. Here in the Lower Mainland, the cost of living is rising faster than pay raises.