Opinion

Editor: Re: ‘You dropped your coronavirus,’ white man tells Asian woman in Burnaby , NOW News I am writing in response to the recent incident in Burnaby, in which a white male was heard making an insensitive comment to an Asian woman.

Humans in the Tri-Cities are destroying bears' food sources, says the letter writer.

Is it important to know how your child is progressing in school? Of course it is, or should be. To gain a superficial idea, there is the occasional report card as required by the Ministry of Education.

"Port Moody is going allow another 250 houses but eliminates possible transportation routes to get to them. Brilliant," says the letter writer.

Someone needs to speak for parents in dealings with RCMP, school district and other authorities

Some say that adversity brings out the best in people. Well, not always. When it comes to dealing with a pandemic, it often brings out the worst in people. Pandemics like the one currently seen in the novel coronavirus are terrifying.

"There is now no value to any landowner to revitalize the Ioco town site," argues the letter writer.

The proposed development near Moody Centre SkyTrain station "would bring employment, housing and much needed interest to Port Moody," says the letter writer.

What happened at Jan. 25 Port Moody meeting sends a message to the Moody Centre consortium that the city's plans and consultation are meaningless, argues the letter writer.

With extreme weather events displacing residents and diverting immigrants, temperate cities such as ours could be in much hotter demand in the coming decades