Opinion

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

Dear Editor Since the new Port Mann Bridge opened with the new tolls, traffic has almost doubled in the area to avoid the toll. I don’t understand why the city doesn’t do like many other municipalities and not allow trucks in the left lane.

The housing crisis in Metro Vancouver is deepening to the point where the B.C. government is likely doing a re-think of its strategy in dealing with it.