Opinion

Dear Editor: Re: New West loses the Bailey bridge battle, The Record, July 4. New Westminster Coun. Bill Harper says that Coquitlam has “destroyed the relationship” between the two communities by winning an arbitration over the Bailey bridge.

Dear Editor: The revitalization of 12th Street has been difficult but, so far, successful and is really taking hold.

The little bits of rain we received this week might have dampened a few summer spirits in the Lower Mainland, but they were a godsend in places where they lowered the forest wildfire risk levels.

We’ve almost forgotten about the B.C. teachers’ strike, as it’s faded from our minds like a bad smell.

Dear Editor: As a resident of uptown New Westminster, I am becoming very frustrated with the never-ending racket from a few motorcycles with the extremely loud pipes.

Dear Editor: Three weeks and $30,000 later, we are coming to the end of cleaning the buildings of our strata complex. One technician advised the soiled wood shingles that had to be sanded to be cleaned, were embedded with diesel soot.

Dear Editor: Re: Plans on track for train silence, The Record, July 16. I was very pleased to learn that the train whistles are apparently going to be silenced as per your article in the 2014 July 16 issue.

Last week, the federal government announced proposed changes to food labelling with an aim for us to make healthier choices at the supermarket.

Other than beautiful scenery and having the same monarch, B.C. and Australia don’t have much in common. And they have even less in common now, because Australia has scrapped its carbon tax, which is still very much alive and kicking in this province.

I received a notice from the New Westminster advisory planning commission to an undated meeting to respond to a proposed tower at 1000 Quayside Dr.