Opinion

So, you’re a Metro Vancouverite and you say you’re not jumping on the Toronto Raptors bandwagon. You swear you’re a diehard fan not just cheering now to make up for the Vancouver Canucks stinking up the joint.

The Editor, I’m sharing a copy of a letter I sent to the city of Port Moody early this morning after being woken up by an RCMP vehicle in front of our house:

The Editor, I was disappointed to see that while the upgraded Gatensbury Road up from Henry Street in Port Moody is great, it abruptly ends at the Coquitlam border.

Class size and composition remain stumbling blocks as sides try to hammer out a deal

Be careful what you ask for, goes the old adage. The NDP government floated the idea last year of B.C. stepping in and regulating interprovincial heavy-oil movements. Then it paused and backed up to ask the courts whether it had the power to do so.

People give parents who don’t vaccinate their kids a lot of grief. And deservedly so. But let’s not expend all of our scorn on parents who put the health of their children – and others – at risk. No, save a little for certain travelers.

Editor: What do New Westminster’s May Day and Judge Begbie controversies have in common? Historical revisionism - the now-common practice of using present day social perspectives to reinterpret the past, often leading to controversial, negative moral

The watchdogs and other senior officials aren’t exactly straining at their leashes to look into the various complaints about Citizens’ Services Minister Jinny Sims from her former constituency worker.

As the gas prices continue to soar, I have found myself taking transit more often. But I don’t necessarily like it.

B.C. Premier John Horgan is trying to look like he’s doing something about high gas prices, even though those high gas prices are actually pushing people to drive less – which is a positive for the planet.