Opinion

Mario's Quarantine Diary, Day 9: Cycling through the uncertainty

Quarantined Tri-City News journalist Mario Bartel is working from home due to COVID-19 but the lifelong, dedicated cyclist has also isolated on solo bike rides

Mar 23, 2020 8:40 AM Read more >

Letter: Tri-Cities have a lot of work to do on cycling routes

If Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody want to encourage human-powered mobility, they need to improve and expand bike routes, says the letter writer

Mar 23, 2020 7:26 AM Read more >

Letter: Coquitlam’s Lafarge Lake must be preserved and protected

City of Coquitlam plans to pave more paths around Lafarge Lake in Town Centre Park and add a bridge to a now unreachable island would hurt wildlife habitat, says Burke Mountain Naturalists member

Mar 22, 2020 6:34 PM Read more >

Mario’s Quarantine Diary, Day 8: Lessons from the vegetable crisper

There are lessons to be learned from this global pandemic. Some will be huge. Others will come from our refrigerators.

Mar 22, 2020 5:17 PM Read more >

Letter: Hoarders and profiteers have turned health crisis nasty

A Port Coquitlam letter writer says those who have hoarded cleaning products and those who have resold them for a profit are adding to the COVID-19 crisis

Mar 22, 2020 7:50 AM Read more >

Mario’s Quarantine Diary, Day 7: Let’s do the time warp again

The rhythms and routines of daily life are being disrupted and dismantled by the scourge of COVID-19 for quarantined Tri-City News journalist Mario Bartel and his family

Mar 21, 2020 5:10 PM Read more >

People are putting up Christmas lights to spread cheer amidst COVID-19 crisis

There's a movement afoot online and in communities to create a kind of Christmas in March vibe

Mar 20, 2020 10:06 AM Read more >

Mario’s Quarantine Diary, Day 6: The new normal is taking some adjustment by the whole family

Mario Bartel writes that his family struggles to carve out time for tasks and for one another while isolated due to COVID-19

Mar 20, 2020 8:36 AM Read more >

EDITORIAL: We must look to our elders to guide us through COVID-19 fears

Our elders who lived through the Second World War will remember. In times of crisis, people want two things: To be fed, and to have their worried minds put at ease.

Mar 19, 2020 8:00 PM Read more >

LETTER: It's 'unethical' to keep B.C. child care facilities open during the COVID-19 pandemic

"Refusing to shut down early years programs at this time send the message that child care workers and early years do not matter"

Mar 19, 2020 1:11 PM Read more >