Opinion

Work on the FortisBC project has been a nightmare for commuters who use Broadway as a way to avoid Lougheed Highway in the mornings.

The life Penny Su’s son is likely owed to the human lung. The Burnaby mom had to scream to stop a car from hitting her son.

Editor: Re: Burnaby’s weirdest park just won a big award , NOW , July 13 I note the glamourization of the Willingdon Linear Parkway by the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure.

Editor: Re: Burnaby landlord says city forcing him to renovict tenants , NOW , July 17 Mayor Mike Hurley: “People can point their fingers in every direction, but the point is that his (rental units are) illegal and our inspector went and that’s what

The internet, they say, lasts forever. That once your fingerprints get on the ol’ Google machine, there’s no wiping them away. I’m not sure how true that is.

Do you want the good news, or the bad news? OK, I’ll give you the bad news first - Burnaby rents are still sky high. The good news? Our rents are still well below Vancouver's, according to national report.

Allow me to let you in on my dirty little secret. I’m a MAMIL. A Middle-Aged Male in Lycra. That’s right; I’m a cyclist.

Burnaby isn’t just a multicultural community with a wide array of ethnic groups residing in our fair city. It’s also a hub of activity when it comes to different ethnicities celebrating their cultures.

Editor. With Canada’s election just around the corner, I’m concerned that our political parties are not protecting the personal information they gather from us. I believe that they should be made subject to federal privacy laws.

If Canadians didn’t have the weather to talk about, we would be speechless. Perhaps, more accurately, we would simply listen more. Talk of summer weather inevitably moves the conversation to heat and drought.