Opinion

My blog about the scary racetrack that is Imperial and the terrible crossing for cyclists on the bike route at Morley/Humphries spawned swift response from readers.

I was driving through my northeast Burnaby neighbourhood when I discovered that the really good Greek restaurant that had sadly shut down is being transformed in full Turkish eatery.

“It’s Black Friday tomorrow,” she said. “Awesome,” I replied. “You make the popcorn. I’ll call up YouTube.” Nothing makes a self-righteous Canadian feel as smugly superior as videos of the annual retail riots south of the border. Gunfights.

As we approach the end of the year, many in our community will begin to look forward to the festive holiday season and dream about what Santa might leave for them on Christmas morning. Our business community is no different.

Sometime just before 2 p.m. Wednesday, everyone’s smartphone will deliver an ominous tone alerting us to a disaster.

Editor: Many of us are extremely worried about the likelihood of a fire at the Burnaby Mountain Trans Mountain oil tanks surrounded by a residential area and a university, and adjacent to an elementary school.

This blog was supposed to just be about what cyclists go through at a certain Burnaby intersection. But a visit to the site on Monday showed me much more than I wanted to see.

DTES resident reacts to ‘prescription’ to improve life in poverty-stricken neighbourhood

Editor: Burnaby City Council’s declaration of a climate emergency is pure greenwash.

One of the most common reasons as to why one doesn’t cook from scratch more than they currently do is because of how long it takes to prepare ingredients for the meal.