Opinion

The Metrotown area of Burnaby is loud. So, so, so loud. And it’s going to stay loud for a long time – at least when it comes to construction noise.

Editor: More than a few years ago now, a dear friend noted that she would not want to be held responsible for her children's actions if they committed a hateful crime, and so she should also embrace not being held up for their accomplishments.

“We need to get more toilet paper.” The words were still hanging in the air as I ventured to the laundry room to check and noticed there was an entire unopened package just sitting there. “We have plenty,” I told my partner.

Editor: “Go Green,” they say, and I did. When you travel by bus, SkyTrain and foot, you do not cause any extra production of air pollution, carbon and other greenhouse gases. It’s environmentally friendly.

British Columbians have been nimble in adapting their individual actions to slow the spread of COVID-19 in our communities over the last ten months, and it has had a big impact.

It’s time for tough love in British Columbia. From the onset of the pandemic, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix have been the “ cool parents ” as far as public health officials go in Canada.

As the number of COVID-19 cases in this province dramatically escalates, it is difficult not to envision a return of some of the tighter measures we experienced when this pandemic first began.

Editor: The staggering increase of new cases of the COVID-19 pandemic's second wave is scary for most of us, especially at the onset of the flu season.

The narrative of some who are trying to downplay COVID-19 are that it only harms the elderly.

“Bud in Burnaby” likes to tell me about how the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t really a “big deal” and is overblown by the media. “Don’t give in to fear,” he once told me. “It’s just a flu,” he also said. “It only kills people in their 80s,” he added.