Opinion

Do you hear that? It is the sound of Canadian gardeners celebrating the beginning of a new gardening season. More than 80% of Canadians claim to engage in the world of plants somehow. That makes gardening the most popular outdoor leisure activity.

Look, Ryan Gosling will always be my favourite gosling. But coming in at a close second are the goslings that appear every year around this time at Burnaby and Deer lakes. I can still remember taking my daughter Emily to see them.

Work is getting going on the site of a massive new development surrounding the Gilmore SkyTrain station in North Burnaby. And when I say massive, I think these few numbers about Onni Group’s Gilmore Place development back this up.

An unfortunate thing happened at a Burnaby council meeting on March 25. Coun.

Mostly, it’s because we’re so dependent on other jurisdictions

Editor: Re: 1-bedroom unit will cost $1,300/month at 'affordable' housing project in Burnaby , NOW News, April 23 Regarding the “affordable” housing project in Metrotown - is it perfect? No, but it's a start.

Editor: Re: City-owned Burnaby forest shouldn't be sold off for luxury condos , NOW letters, April 25 It is truly unfortunate when the author misstates that “ Burnabyites can have a say before this land is sold.

The surge in gas prices has brought into full view the difficult task of reconciling effective climate action policies with populist politics. The BC NDP’s ambitious clean energy plan is designed to curtail greenhouse gas emissions.

I love experiencing the tastes of different cuisines and I use any excuse I can find to switch things up a bit at the dinner table.

Editor: Re: BC NDP leaving non-union care workers far behind and Premier creating two classes of B.C.