Opinion

There are sighs and then there are sighs. Some are subtle and some – like the one I heard from a Burnaby restaurant worker earlier this week – are so filled with anguish and pain that you actually feel it.

Some readers say I am sometimes too negative and my response is usually that we’re in the middle of a deadly pandemic that keeps getting worse so it’s no wonder.

Dear Tony: Are strata corporations that are townhouses and bare land strata permitted to adopt bylaws that limit rentals or Airbnb? Our townhouse complex in Vernon received a circular from a neighbouring property that advised rental bylaws were not e

“Donuts – is there anything they can’t do.” Those famous words were uttered by one Homer J. Simpson and I see no reason to disagree with that statement. The problem in Burnaby is there are few places where really good donuts are available.

During the Battle of Ypres in 1915, Canadian lieutenant-colonel John McCrae wrote In Flanders Fields when he saw poppies growing beside a grave of a close friend who died in battle.

I have some good news and one piece of bad news when it comes to great places to eat. The bad news is that Burnaby’s best patio at the Hart House Restaurant has been closed for the season due to the arrival of fall.

Old age is not a crime. Yet far too often in Canada, our seniors are made to feel like they’re a burden, an inconvenience and a problem. This needs to stop. National Senior Safety Week was held Nov.

Seniors surveyed fear dying of loneliness more than COVID-19: advocate

I’m still working from home, but many people have been forced back to their offices for various reasons. That means people are back into enclosed spaces with others for long hours, which makes things harder to distance.

Burnaby residents may soon have more detail about where COVID-19 transmission is taking place in the region after one of B.C.’s top doctors admitted people need more information to make better decisions about their health. Dr.