Opinion

Dear Editor: On Saturday, April 12, in downtown New West, a complete stranger came to the aid of my husband as he was trying (not too successfully), to get an awkward and heavy old desk purchased at a second hand store into our car.

What is it about grocery stores? In New Westminster the Thrifty’s saga ilicited such a response that thousands of residents signed a petition to save the Sapperton store and city council even sent Coun.

In one month, the ancient and honourable Hyack Anvil Battery will fire its traditional annual salute to the reigning monarch and to the memory of Queen Victoria on Victoria Day.

Perhaps reality TV shows and Kevin O'Leary weren't the Canadian cultural touchstones and content cash cows the CBC hoped they would be.

Dear Editor: Community was celebrated at the Columbia Theatre last night where 200 folks gathered to crown Hyack's 2014 Ambassador, Claire Dresselhuis. Community is denoted as "a usually small, social unit of any size that shares common values.

Dear Editor: Re: Detour: Residents foil ratrunners, The Record, April 9. Nice to see the residents of Victoria Hill celebrating their victory.

Every now and then an issue suddenly pops up in our political arena that leaves you scratching your head, wondering about the government's apparent lack of compassion and common sense.

More details are emerging about the parent group that recently formed with a goal of running candidates in the upcoming civic election. The Record has learned the names of the organizers behind the group Parents for Public Education.

When is the new high school going to be built? “It is the question that I’m asked more than any other,” John Gaiptman told me today. He’s working on it, responds Gaiptman, who said he understands how important the new school is to New West parents.

If there was an award for the "nanny state" city of the Lower Mainland, it might very well go to New Westminster.