Opinion

We love block parties. Our front-page story on the residents of Spruce Street in Burnaby pulling together a block party reminded us of just how much we love block parties.

Credit is due to federal and provincial governments this week after reaching a long-needed agreement on pension reform. Predictably, there have been critics since the plan for an expanded Canada Pension Plan was announced.

Dear Editor Re: Christy Clark’s attempted abduction at 13 years of age.

Dear Editor: Wow! The surprise announcement about improving the Canada Pension Plan certainly created a bit of a firestorm in the business community.

A few days ago, the hallway outside my legislature office was overrun with a phalanx of fully armed police officers, busy training legislature staff in a nearby room on the finer points of security.

Dear Editor Last Thursday’s $740 million photo-op with Justin Trudeau was nothing more than flim flam to get the regional taxpayer to ante up their portion for the very poorly thought out mayors’ grossly expensive 10-year plan, which will benefit dev

Dear Editor Re: He’s no joke for the U.S. or Canada, Burnaby NOW, June 8.

It’s not perfect, but it’s a start. We speak, of course, of the City of Burnaby’s request for proposals to build non-market housing on two city-owned properties. As detailed in our story on page 10, the city has two properties – one at 7898 18th Ave.

Donald Trump may be the best thing for America. No, I haven’t gone crazy. For the last year, the billionaire candidate has turned U.S.

Last week Premier Christy Clark, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson were cheek to jowl posing for photos at the big multimillion-dollar transit funding announcement in Burnaby.