Opinion

Dear Editor: We are facing quite an unfortunate situation in New Westminster when citizens feel so hopeless and powerless because of the mighty "Machine" that they will not vote.

An unstable, troubled individual is drawn to a cause motivated by ancient strains of hate. It is, unfortunately, not something that Canada or other countries haven't experienced before. Sadly it is now part of our nation's conversation this week.

Since I've been giving a disproportionate amount of thought to the question of who to vote for in the upcoming New Westminster elections, I decided that today would be a good day to depart from my social media watch and instead ponder the question of

Why do we have to keep writing about something that seems so flat-out stupid? Yes, we’re talking about distracted driving – and the fact that the province of British Columbia felt it necessary to increase the penalties for that offence because driver

The two candidates running to replace Jim Sinclair as president of the B.C. Federation of Labour says a lot about the state of organized labour these days. Both candidates are former long-time public sector union activists.

Dear Editor: Re: Whitecaps decision was puzzling, Opinion, The Record, Oct. 10. Mr. Brett asks what happened when the Whitecaps' franchise to Queen's Park Stadium failed. In spite of Mr.

Dear Editor: Re: It's all about movement, The Record, Oct. 4. I feel that the article written about me has misrepresented my opinion about fitness and the fitness instructors.

Dear Editor: An interesting issue is developing in the civic election.

The campaign trail just ain't what it used to be.

It's certainly not scientific. Our two-week Survey Monkey online survey was intended as a snapshot of New Westminster voters' opinions - and as selfies go, we think it captured the feelings of many city voters.