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Letter: Time to 'defund' Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

Letter: Time to 'defund' Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

Editor: There have been reports that because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Justin Trudeau is saying his government won’t be able to end boil water advisories.
Opinion: BCCDC's Halloween guidelines are out. Will grownups listen?

Opinion: BCCDC's Halloween guidelines are out. Will grownups listen?

Well, Halloween is here soon - we just have to survive the B.C. election first. And while the U.S. election campaign has been scary enough, others will want to add a little more fear into their lives.
Opinion: Premier Horgan comes out as B.C.’s boldest capitalist in 2020

Opinion: Premier Horgan comes out as B.C.’s boldest capitalist in 2020

The BC Liberal party sent out a comical press release this weekend, demanding that John Horgan and the NDP answer questions around their Surrey-White Rock candidate’s views.
Opinion: Reckless Burnaby workers barged into my mom’s home without masks

Opinion: Reckless Burnaby workers barged into my mom’s home without masks

A former editor once told me to never write while angry and so I decided to wait a few days before assembling this column.
Opinion: Trump's many errors accidentally educating us on COVID

Opinion: Trump's many errors accidentally educating us on COVID

Ironically, in the past week, Donald Trump has been inadvertently educating the public about COVID-19. The president has been criticized for downplaying and mismanaging the spread of COVID-19 in his country.
Opinion: Trucker in Burnaby tries three times to run car off the road, gets nailed

Opinion: Trucker in Burnaby tries three times to run car off the road, gets nailed

Have you seen the movie Mad Max: Fury Road? Well, something that felt like a scene from it played out on a Burnaby road recently. In the movie, a semi-trailer tries to fend off vehicles trying to stop it.
Opinion: If you don't have a will, you're betraying your family

Opinion: If you don't have a will, you're betraying your family

You love your family, right? Well, if you don’t have a will made out then you aren’t showing them much love. Oct. 4 to 10 is Make-a-Will Week in British Columbia.
Opinion: B.C. Green, Liberal leaders must seize TV debate moment

Opinion: B.C. Green, Liberal leaders must seize TV debate moment

The televised leaders’ debate may not determine the election result, but it will likely play a critical role in the election. The Oct.
Opinion: Burnaby anti-masker stands next to me because they ‘get tested daily’

Opinion: Burnaby anti-masker stands next to me because they ‘get tested daily’

We’ve all seen what has happened in areas where anti-maskers rule the day. In America’s “Heartland” states, cases are spreading like wildfire as their governors refuse to make masks mandatory, or enforce city orders.
Letter: Burnaby stores must stop making us spritz 'atomic scent' hand sanitizers

Letter: Burnaby stores must stop making us spritz 'atomic scent' hand sanitizers

Editor: I’d like to know who the ding-dong was who decided it was a good idea to put scent into hand sanitizers? Not just an ordinary scent, either - it’s an atomic scent. It’s a scent you can’t wash off with ordinary soap and water.