Opinion

"It makes people look foolish." Now that's an understatement. As the Hyack brouhaha took another couple of twists and turns this week, the mayor shook his head and uttered the above comment.

Dear Editor: A recent trip to Belgium to see the grave of my great-uncle who died in World War I took us through Ypres. The quaint town looked nothing like I expected after hearing stories of the destruction that had befallen it in the war.

I think the Americans will soon be coming around to their neighbours, asking if they can borrow a cup of common sense.

A young female friend of our family approached me the other day and said she has decided to drop out of university and pursue something else. "I'm thinking of becoming a welder. What do you think?" she asked me.

In the movie Killing Them Softly, the lead character, played by Brad Pitt, offers the insight that "America is not a country, it's business.

Dear Editor: Living in the West End of New Westminster and reading all the stories about train derailments taking place across Canada and around the world gets one thinking that obnoxious noises in the night are the least of our worries.

While gondolas, water taxies and ferries have been floated as a way of moving people from Queensborough to the Quay, planning for a land-based connection continues.

People who attended Metro Vancouver’s recent Zero Waste Conference are now in-the-know about why you should shrink-wrap a cucumber and how to eat like a king without spending a dime.

Dear Editor: I attended the railway noise forum hosted by MP Peter Julian on Oct.

Dear Editor: An open letter to Mayor Wayne Wright and city councillors: It is clear that the livability situation in Queensborough, and particularly Port Royal, has reached an unbelievable stage, whereby an onslaught of trucks and containers on our s