Opinion

Conflict of interest revelations surrounding the selection of WE Charity to administer the Canada Student Service Grant have dominated media coverage and led to investigations by parliamentary committees and the federal ethics commissioner.

It has been clear for some time that COVID-related death rates are shockingly high in long-term care facilities.

A commentary by a lawyer and consultant who works, teaches and publishes in the areas of conflict resolution, constitutional law, law and religion, and public law. Over the past six weeks, my father and my son passed away.

Editor: I would like to add my name to the well-documented comments regarding the noise of SkyTrain in Burnaby. The noise factor has been an issue for me since moving into a highrise opposite the Patterson station almost 11 years ago.

Other insurance companies in Canada are offering rebates to help customers through the pandemic, so why can’t ICBC do the same? Don’t be ridiculous. It was already flat broke before COVID-19 hit. Now it’s even further in the red.

Editor: Masks, as we all know, have not been ordered mandatory by Dr. Bonnie Henry. While they are mandatory in hair salons, and while other businesses have opted to make them mandatory of their own volition, many others haven't.

A new Burnaby restaurant is set to open next week in Burnaby’s biggest hotel. Time & Place is set to open Aug. 6 with a freshly revamped dining space on the third floor of newly renovated Hilton Vancouver Metrotown.

Editor: Just wanted to share my frustration with the lack of care and very relaxed social distancing in our Burnaby Heights neighbourhood. We are a young family who is fortunate to have an 84-year-old grandmother living with us during COVID-19.

There is a growing and alarming complacency about COVID-19 in communities across Canada, including B.C. Our self-congratulations and comparisons to the worst-case scenarios unfolding in the U.S.

Premier John Horgan has set tongues wagging with his musings last week about an early election call. He suggested there are three “windows” of opportunity to head to the polls (this fall, next spring and the following fall).