Opinion

Traffic along North Road has been disrupted for a while now as Metro Vancouver carries out a project just south of Lougheed Highway on the Burnaby-New Westminster border.

Earlier this week, I was sent information about the first big tenant moving into what is now called the Amazing Brentwood. It’s a 40,000-square-foot store called Sporting Life and it’s the first West Coast location for this chain.

My best friend growing up was a dude named Dave. He is Korean and living abroad now, but when we were in high school at Burnaby North Secondary, we were inseparable.

Look, let me be clear – I hate people who don’t scoop up the poop from their dogs. They are bad people who deserve to be publicly scorned and fined heavily. But a dog poop DNA registry? That sounds ridiculous.

Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley isn’t known for his rousing speeches at public events. He’s so humble he is the first person to tell you that. But put a guitar in his hands and he will charm a crowd like the one on Thursday night at the Metrotown Hilton.

I see people talking on social media about dumping in the City of Burnaby in terms of it being an “eyesore” or “unfortunate” to see. Sure, I hate looking at people’s garbage dumped all over my community, but it’s much more than that.

Editor: Our family lost a son and brother – Ryan, age 26 - to a fentanyl poisoning April 24, 2017. Ryan had just completed 8 months of recovery at the Last Door, a recovery facility in New Westminster.

Editor: An open letter to Burnaby North-Seymour MP Terry Beech: I am writing you this public letter today, as a constituent, to respectfully request you make a green new deal the highest priority of all government files as you start your second term

Three times in the past week, I’ve been driving on a Burnaby road and seen drivers do something stupid around ambulances.

Editor: Re: Left-turn lunkheads are bad human beings , NOW blogs Sometimes, I am the second car in the left-turn lane. The left-turn signal starts and I can see in their driver’s door rear view mirrors that they are looking at their phone.