Opinion

Dear Editor, I was saddened to see so few people show up at the council chamber on Monday, Nov. 28 to make their views known as to where they stand on the Development Variance Permit (DVP) for 628 and 638 Columbia St.

Dear Editor, Re: Your recent article dated Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016: “Fighting for the missing middle.” My husband and I are longtime residents of New Westminster since 1984.

While the Trudeau government is currently making waves with its pipeline approvals, something else the government is about to do is getting less public attention yet has the potential to have the most impact on provinces in the short term.

Dear Editor: Recently, video footage of a verbal, racist assault on a South Asian individual by a white man in an Abbotsford parking lot began showing up on our local news stations.

Dear Editor: I read with dismay the article about the lady being struck by an automobile on McBride while attempting to cross in the middle of the block. At her age such an accident will undoubtedly change her life for the worst.

It’s not surprising that the two groups of people hardest hit by poverty in B.C. are children and seniors. It is also reprehensible.

One of B.C.'s oldest political footballs is being kicked around again, and the kicking is expected to continue for some time. I'm referring to the Insurance Corporation of B.C. which, along with fellow Crown corporation B.C.

It’s a moot point after the coroner has arrived to pick up the pedestrian struck and killed. Yes. The pedestrian may have been jaywalking. May have been dressed all in black, and may have even been looking at their cellphone.

Dear Editor: Why double our city’s population? Yes, global population is increasing, and more people are displaced by Canada’s and NATO’s wars — by all wars — and by related global warming.

As the post-mortems of the stunning (to a point) ascension of show biz miscreant Donald Trump to the White House continue, I suppose it's inevitable that some will examine the question of whether such a turn of events could happen in this country.