Opinion

*This column has been updated with a comment from Mayor Derek Corrigan. Someone should’ve yelled “fore!” before posting a new attack ad so supporters of Burnaby’s ruling civic party could at least duck before it hit them.

Thursday night was a meet-and-greet event for Burnaby councillor and mayoral candidates. It was hosted by the Burnaby Board of Trade and gave candidates an excellent chance to meet the public.

Editor: Re: Dominant BCA launches campaign, mayor defends housing record , NOW online, Sept. 22 Mayor Derek Corrigan defends his longstanding narrative that council had no tools to avoid Metrotown demovictions. New Westminster begs to differ.

A serious rethink of provincial funding for capital projects is needed in B.C. There are a couple of reasons why the system needs changing.

K&K continues its hard-hitting investigative series examining the campaign videos of Vancouver mayoral candidates running in the Oct. 20 election.

Money laundering pays off for local cities. It’s a harsh reality, but that’s the truth. Casino revenues have steadily gone up in the past few years and, according to the recent probe into money laundering in casinos by Dr.

Editor: Trans Mountain stages exercise, NOW, Sept. 21 The article on page 3 of the Sept. 21 issue perpetuates a common erroneous statement that there are five tankers a month filling up with crude oil at the Kinder Morgan Westridge terminal.

Editor: The National Energy Board is back. Trudeau thinks this kangaroo court still has credibility.

It’s late at night and I’m sitting on the couch watching my favourite show on Netflix. My three kids have all gone to bed and the house is quiet.

I am an election super-nerd. It’s true. I enjoy elections the same way normal people enjoy, I dunno, going out to clubs or hearing their favourite band play a stadium concert or whatever it is that normal people do for fun.