Opinion

Editor: Re: Burnaby mayor calls for 75% wage subsidy for local gov'ts , NOW News Shame on Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley for asking the federal and B.C. governments to provide financial assistance to egregiously wealthy Burnaby.

Editor: Re: Burnaby teachers a hypocritical ‘nuisance’ with parade , NOW Letters "Burnaby teachers set poor community example." Nothing could be further from the truth.

As a newspaper editor working in Burnaby, I try not to get too opinionated about certain capital projects.

A photo came across my social media feeds a few days ago about shopping in Burnaby. The photo was of the Burnaby Costco on Still Creek Road and showed a massive crowd of shoppers lined up in the parking.

It took a while, but Burnaby grocery stores have finally gotten up to speed with COVID-19 precautions.

As editor of a newspaper, I’ve been CC’d on hundreds and hundreds of emails from residents to city governments over the years. They range from complaints about taxes to complaints about potholes to complaints about, well, everything.

The COVID-19 health pandemic has crippled the Canadian economy, putting millions of people out of work and local store owners out of business. The financial implications are far-reaching and will take years to recover from.

The City of Burnaby says it is not currently “considering” automating some of its so-called pedestrian/cyclist “beg buttons” as part of its COVID-19 action plan. I think that’s a mistake.

*This blog has been updated because some readers have made some interesting additional points* Ian Anderson, president and CEO of Trans Mountain, sent a letter to the editor to the NOW the other day about the physical distancing of workers at the tan

Editor: Re: B urnaby teachers a hypocritical ‘nuisance’ with parade , NOW Letters I have to say that the air was pretty blue around here when I first read his letter, but then I decided that Mr.