Opinion

Editor: It is the time when those individuals who wish to serve on council step up. Their spirit is to be commended, as it is a daunting task.

For most, Mondays are an expectedly lousy day of the week. Heart attack rates peak , it’s the furthest day from the anticipated start of the weekend and stress levels are at an all-time high as we prepare for a busy work week.

The news that a 28-year-old man had been charged with the murder of 13-year-old Burnaby teen Marrisa Shen was met with widespread relief. Relief that perhaps our streets would be a little safer.

Finance Minister Carole James released her first true budget update late last week, and, while it was mostly good news, it was quickly overshadowed by some bad news about the kind of issue that helped propel her party into power.

On the first day of my first-ever paid journalism gig, I got taken out for a tour of the town.

Editor: Burnaby First Coalition doesn’t stand a chance, NOW letters, Aug. 29 I agree that Mike Hurley’s mayoral campaign is off to a good start, but I can’t agree that BFC does not stand a chance.

Polls, polls and more polls. We’re constantly hearing the results of polls that have been conducted on any number of issues. Well, we’ve got even more poll results for you.

It’s an interesting thing, how moments from decades ago come back to you out of the blue – and how often those moments still resonate with the new self we have become in the intervening years.

Editor: Re: No champagne corks quite yet, Keith Baldrey column, NOW, Sept. 5 Speaking to the tanker traffic concerns raised by Keith Baldrey … it's only a few per cent increase in tanker traffic.

Editor: Re: Man raises safety concerns about Central Park, NOW , Aug. 29 Thank you for reporting on safety concerns about Central Park.