Opinion

The Editor, I am a resident of Port Coquitlam, an avid hiker kayaker and lover of nature.

The Editor, We hear these days of so many institutions going bankrupt or in receivership — and these are long standing things like the Vancouver Aquarium. Small businesses, which are a younger persons start at a future, may never get going again.

The Editor, COVID-19 has changed our lives and most of us are hunkered down at home, trying to stay safe and help others stay healthy.

The Editor, The incident of the assault on the Skytrain is most disheartening in a time we should be working together as Canadians.

A think tank at the University of Ottawa is warning that health-care costs are rapidly growing beyond the financial capacity of provincial governments to sustain them.

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought stress, hardship, pain and loss to many of us. It also brings into sharp focus what is most important: taking care of each other and our communities.

Will we go back? Won’t we go back? It’s the big question. A few weeks ago, most of us simply accepted there was no good answer, so got on with living our hunkered-down lives.

The Editor, This morning (April 28) my wife and I went for a walk in Mundy Park. This has become part of our routine during this period of COVID-19. We enjoy the walks early, so as not to encounter too many people in the park.

Going to the park these days isn’t just a discretionary decision. For many people, particularly young families, it’s an urgent requirement, verging on a mental-health necessity.

The Editor, All newcomers to Canada establish their lives in this huge and beautiful country hoping for a better life. Some do so to escape persecution and seek refuge. We cohabit this land with both visible and invisible minorities.