Opinion

I saw a tweet recently that I wish I had saved for this column because it captures perfectly how women are taking precautions far more seriously than men.

Editor: I would like you to help me clarify the mandatory masks requirement at Superstore supermarkets. I walked into the Superstore to do some shopping at 8 p.m. at night.

One Burnaby parent says they no longer trust the B.C. Ministry of Education

My email inbox here at the newspaper is often a cesspool of hatred, with a light sprinkling of death threats. That’s OK. I can take the slings and arrows of outrageous buffoons (credit to Shakespeare for that one).

It’s smoky out there. Need-headlights-at-4-p.m. smoky. Not as bad as newsrooms in 1982, mind you, but still as gloomy as a travel agent. We can see one thing clearly, though: It looks like an election is coming. Or maybe that’s elections, plural.

It took six months for the NDP government to release the economic recovery part of B.C.’s ongoing COVID-19 response. That’s a long time, given that the government committed about $5 billion in no time flat on various emergency relief measures.

In a way, you could say I owe my life to Burnaby’s iconic Admiral Pub and Grill. Located at Hastings and Gilmore in Burnaby Heights, it was the place where my dad met my mom in the early 1960s.

At this point, I’m starting to get a little worried about frogs, boils, and the health of my first-born son. Because it seems pretty obvious what is going on right now in this part of the world.

An open letter to B.C.'s Lieutenant Governor

It’s been a difficult week in B.C., even by 2020 standards.