Opinion

Summer is a time for relaxing over a good book, going for a nature walk, participating in an event, seeing friends or getting out in the garden.

It seems like summer just began, but now we are looking at the start of the PNE this weekend, which is the signal that summer is almost over. It’s also the signal that that silly season is about to really get underway – election time.

Charles Masala has a lot of friends around the world. Some of them have contacted me in the wake of his death after a driver struck the Burnaby resident while he was riding his bike on Gaglardi Way on June 30.

A team of Burnaby RCMP traffic officers and other law-enforcement agencies staged day two on Wednesday of a three-day joint initiative on local roads.

Every summer, I see people comment about how the BC Lions and the Vancouver Whitecaps need to capitalize on how much the Canucks suck. And each year, both teams fail to make any hay while our local hockey team stinks up the standings.

Enough is enough. We are appalled at news that West Vancouver’s mayor and council were targeted with death threats spray-painted on a developer’s signboard.

Editor: I would like to share a special moment of Burnaby life with you and your readers. A photo I captured at the corner of Kingsway and Curragh Avenue, near Gilley Avenue, depicts the last moment of a sunset hiding.

They’re coming. Funding announcements. Fast and furious. We’re in the summer before a fall election and the governing party is breaking open the piggy bank. It’s as Canadian a tradition as hockey heartbreak.

Const. Kevin Connolly threw out a frightening statistic during a recent phone conversation.

It took about two minutes for drivers to set their hair on fire this morning (Tuesday).