Opinion

Dear Editor: Regarding the April 19 Inquiring Reporter question “Should Vancouver still host its 4/20 protest?” I say, isn’t it a sad day when an entertaining and pleasure-stimulating event such as that great smoke-in – be it a protest or a celebrati

Smoking. It’s one of those issues that seems so obvious, but never really is. It seems obvious people shouldn’t do it because it’s lethal, but they still do.

Welcome to my new blog, Bite. Me. I call it that because it’s mostly going to be about individual bites that I love on the Burnaby food scene. And those bites will tell you more about me because taste is food is such a personal thing.

I’m not sure if it was the image of blood dripping from a sea turtle’s nose as a group of marine biologists attempt to pull a plastic straw out of its nostril; or the video of a researcher standing in front of a whale carcass, sorting through the 88

The solution to rampant money laundering in B.C. is to bury the bad guys in forms, disclosure requirements and paperwork. That includes the lawyers and all the other sectors who inadvertently or otherwise get involved in shady real-estate deals.

This week’s federal byelection was terrible news for the NDP and Svend Robinson called out his own party about it on social media.

With all the depressing news about the 29 measles cases reported so far this year in B.C., perhaps this is a sign of hope.

The warm weather of spring should be a time to break the shackles of winter’s grip and enjoy life. Instead, sunny weather seems to just encourage people to do dumb things. Here are a few examples.

This is Hanging basket weekend. While this is likely news to you, the garden retailers in your community are keenly aware that they will sell more flowering hanging baskets this weekend than any other. It is Mother’s Day.

Here’s some bad news for reckless wannabe Dom Terretos in Burnaby. The B.C. government has “tweaked” three intersection cameras in Burnaby, meaning that if you go all Fast and the Furious it will lead to an automated speeding ticket.