Opinion

Dear Editor: Good news for Urban Academy is bad news for the neighbourhood. As you are aware, Urban Academy has a proposed expansion at their current site, 101 Third St., New Westminster.

Most of the election signs are down, we know the results and barring post-election analysis, it’s time to get down to the business of running the city and school district.

If Twitter were the real world, Jonathan Cote would be the mayor in a landslide. That, if you'll recall, was my prediction in my final pre-election blog. ( You can check it out here if you missed it.

As the civic election campaign in New Westminster nears the finish line, I’ve dug into my notebook and gathered some of the more memorable quotes from the campaign trail.

As this newspaper goes to press, candidates for public office in New Westminster are still knocking on doors, hammering signs into lawns, standing on street corners waving banners, and generally just trying their darndest to get people out to vote fo

Why do you vote? We asked, you answered. Here are just some of the reasons you gave us: "I vote because there are women around the world who can't. Because I want to show my children how important voting and participating are.

Dear Editor: I have lived in New Westminster for over 40 years. I have to say, this current mayor and council are the most selfish, self-centred, NIMBYs (not in my back yard) as far as the traffic situation is concerned.

Dear Editor: An open letter to mayor and council: Drought in California is raising the cost of our food; yet the city fills the best farmland in the province with high-density housing, while the Liberal government spends billions to flood thousands o

Dear Editor: Still another good reason to vote in the upcoming civic election. Toronto had a turnout of 68 per cent for their civic election. Surely, anything Toronto can do, New Westminster can do better. So, get out, vote, and beat 68 per cent.

We’ve arrived – almost. As the campaign winds down, I thought it only fitting that I use this final pre-election blog post to name my new mayor, council and school board. Yes, that’s right. I’m picking the new leaders of this city.