Opinion

Dear Editor If you live near the Quay, you have become painfully aware that our city bylaws state that “Construction noise is permitted from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

Dear Editor May I, through the Record , offer my deep appreciation to the two separate passersby who assisted, comforted and supported me during my sidewalk accident on Sixth Avenue outside the library on Friday last.

Dear Editor There has been a lot of talk about the Trans Mountain Pipeline run by Kinder Morgan and the double twinning of it. We are sometimes shortsighted in our thinking.

It’s hard to fathom how two provinces located right next to each other can find themselves in such starkly different economic situations. Here in B.C., things are on a proverbial roll.

Dear Editor Re: Council divided on new brand, the Record , July 7.

George Gretes, former aide to the transportation minister, was fined last week for lying to the B.C.’s information and privacy commissioner about his role in the triple delete email scandal.

The circus is coming back to town next week, which means B.C.’s MLAs will have to wrench themselves from the barbecue circuit and spend at least a few days arguing excitedly with each other.

There are serious problems with B.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong’s efforts to disprove the foreign ownership myth last week – after just three weeks of studying the problem after changes to the property transfer tax form.

Dear Editor Not very long from now the work on Patullo Bridge and Front Street Mews will be completed and traffic will threaten to be “back to normal.” There is an opportunity here to start anew in a way that may alleviate congestion and frustration.

Dear Editor New Westminster’s new parklet at the corner of Belmont and Sixth streets truly appears to be a winner! No matter what time of day I seem to drive by, the chairs are occupied by people of all ages – mothers with young children playing to c