Opinion

The current federal debt to GDP ratio is expected to rise to about 49% by the end of 2020-21 from the 31% it is currently – an 18% increase.

Editor: Re: Resident lobbies Burnaby to stop ‘unethical’ $33K fee , NOW News Let's start with straight facts.

This summer, our government has taken action to provide the most significant improvements to the Workers Compensation Act (WCA) in more than two decades.

Editor: I am not in the habit of writing letters to the media, but felt that what my wife and I experienced at the Metrotown White Spot last week warranted a few lines to express our thanks to an unknown couple.

A new statistic has emerged that shows the reach of COVID-19 goes well beyond those who test positive. The new stat refers to how many people are in “isolation” for 14 days after contracting COVID-19 or being exposed to it.

If you’ve ever received a traffic ticket, what’s the most you’ve ever been fined? I haven’t had a ticket in years so I honestly don’t remember, but I think maybe it was $75. That’s chump change compared to one terrible driver in Burnaby.

Have we lost our pandemic mojo? The rapid rise in new cases is making our Phase 3 look like Phase 1, where the rate of spread of COVID-19 in our communities is exceeding our rocky start in this pandemic.

Editor: I live on Hilda Street in south Burnaby near the border between New Westminster and Burnaby. I frequently take the bus to northern Burnaby, more specifically the 123 bus. On first glance, this is a simple trip.

I had really hoped that social distancing in restaurants and pubs meant I didn’t have to hear other people’s conversations. Sadly, some people need to speak loudly enough that everyone can hear them.

Metro Vancouver is seeing a surge of cases involving young people and the reaction from people 30 and over has hilariously involved collective amnesia. What I mean is that people my age forget what we were like at the age of 20.