Opinion

Everyone can understand and sympathize with former B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver over his family health crisis. But the political rationale that prompted him to quit the caucus he led up until this month is less clear.

Dear editor: When it comes to climate change, I believe we are asking the wrong question. Most “change deniers” claim that climate change, if it’s happening at all, is not being created by human activity.

OK, sure, everyone should either stay home or take transit due to the snow, right? It’s a mess out there today (Wednesday) with all Burnaby schools closed and the snow piling up.

Many of us have come to British Columbia to reinvent, even escape. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle picked up on this fact somehow amid the fake facts that dog them in the tabloids.

Editor: An open letter to Mayor Mike Hurley and council I received the notice of a drastic tax increase - new double sewer/water tax, plus business licence fee - which amounts to over $1,200/year.

The commute through Burnaby has been a gong show the past two days, with multiple major incidents. Most of these incidents involved those huge semi-trailer vehicles struggling in snowy and icy conditions.

Finance Minister Carole James has tightened the rules for homeowner grants. Last year the maximum property value eligible for the grant was $1.65 million. That ceiling has been reduced to $1.525 million, reflecting a decline in house prices.

Editor: At this time, when we are in the midst of cold weather and the wet snow that makes it even harder to get around to and from where we are heading/need to go, I think it is timely to recognize those who work to make our travels the best they ca

I was jolted awake at 6 a.m. Sunday morning by the shrill screams of my five-year-old daughter.

It seems speculation that a B.C. election will be held this year simply won’t go away. Pundits and columnists keep talking about it. Political activists keep insisting it could happen at any time.