Opinion

Editor: Recently, we participated in a press conference adjacent to the Trans Mountain tank farm together with Karl Perrin, spokesperson for BROKE (Burnaby Residents Opposed to Kinder Morgan Expansion) and Svend Robinson, federal NDP candidate in Bur

Not all heroes wear capes - some wear tracksuits. I discovered this the other night when my friend was humiliated by a rude dude while she was trying to get involved in a game of badminton.

I recently took a walk along Marine Drive in South Burnaby. It was pretty scary. And uncomfortable.

Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is either being deluded, wilfully ignorant or weirdly defiant in his response to his party getting shellacked in a recent byelection.

Whenever I make meatballs or burger patties from scratch, an essential ingredient is ground chuck. Ground chuck is not the typical ground beef you can easily find at any major grocery store – it can only be found at butcher shops.

Accepting the “Hallmark holiday” that is Mother’s Day took some time. At first, I didn’t like the money-grab aspect of splurging on overpriced flowers or the forced sentiment of celebrating a mother’s love only once a year. But the day grew on me.

The recent breakthrough victory by the federal Green Party in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith byelection was certainly impressive, but it is by no means indicative of some kind of Green wave just waiting to roll across the country.

B.C. is leading the country with the lowest jobless rate, even dropping that rate slightly from March. Canada also showed a massive employment gain in April.

A brush fire started last night on Burnaby Mountain as tinder-dry conditions continued in an unseasonably hot May. 11.

There are no words. There are no words for the ache in every parent’s heart when they read a headline like the one that’s going viral right now.