Opinion

Timing in politics is everything, which makes the B.C. Liberal government's decision to publicize its 10-year transportation plan just as people in Metro Vancouver started receiving their transit plebiscites somewhat puzzling.

Dear Editor I was at the Massey Victory Heights Residents Association meeting addressing the association's view on the transit referendum.

Dear Editor: The public doing tank car inspections from the trackside in New Westminster seem to be doing it out of fear. Those terrifying tank car wrecks we have seen on the news may happen here.

For today's musings, I present to you these seemingly unrelated quotes. "I carried a watermelon." and "Do you support a new 0.

Protesters gathered around the country this past weekend at rallies against the federal government's anti-terrorism bill.

Dear Editor I would like to share with you my concern re: the mayhem in New Westminster, created since the new Port Mann Bridge tolls were put in place.

Dear Editor It seems odd that when people started talking about a more equitable way to finance TransLink, it would be to increase their take on the gasoline tax, when suddenly the price at the local pumps went from $1.09 to $1.

Some have called it a slap in the face to workers in B.C., others have called it a first step - albeit one that is excruciatingly tiny.

In New Westminster, we're all too familiar with traffic congestion. Our geographic location at the centre of Metro Vancouver means that literally hundreds of thousands of vehicles move through our city each day.

Dear Editor: Bravo, New Westminster city council. Considering we have pretty much the same council we have had for the last decade, this applies to you. The streets, avenues and highways of New West are in the worst shape I can remember.