Opinion

When I was in Grade 6, I volunteered to join the school patrol program. On my allocated day of the week, I would stand at an intersection either before or after school, wearing a reflective vest and holding a stop sign.

Just before the last question period of the fall sitting of the legislature began, Speaker Darryl Plecas offered an observation.

Editor: Re: These Burnaby Trans Mountain opponents look white and privileged , NOW Letters As much as I agree with proceeding with the pipeline, if it truly benefits the population and the society of our country - which is to be seen still - I must d

FortisBC sent me an interesting and depressing stat this morning. The company is hosting a demonstration on the proper way to dig around natural gas lines, but I can’t make it.

Look, when it snows in Metro Vancouver I am just as freaked out as the next person. The idea of a snowmageddon (snowpocalypse?) keeps me awake at night, probably because I live on Burnaby Mountain.

Editor: An open letter to Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada: When your government retreated from its promise of electoral reform in time for the 2019 election, you referred to a lack of consensus, implying that consultations would continue.

Editor: Re: Burnaby private schools excluded from city’s bursary program , NOW News I understand that council plans to give city bursaries only to public school students.

In hindsight, driving to Metropolis at Metrotown to check out Black Friday sales was a terrible decision. I should have taken transit - it’s an easy SkyTrain ride.

When I heard a driver had died on Boundary Road Saturday morning, the location sounded pretty familiar. I did a little research and, yup, another driver – of a motorcycle - had died in virtually the same spot back in August.