Opinion

The closure of Burnaby’s Grand Villa Casino due to the COVID-19 pandemic means more money in the pockets of local gamblers, but likely a lot less cash in the coffers in the City of Burnaby.

It was shocking to hear that one of the men convicted in connection with Burnaby teenager Luka Gordic’s death had already been released from custody. Released early, I should add – six months early. ( You can read about the early release here .

Editor: An open letter to Dr. Victoria Lee, President and Chief Executive Officer, Fraser Health Authority, and Dr.

The group HUB Cycling is calling on Burnaby and other Metro Vancouver municipalities to install temporary facilities for walking and cycling during the COVID-19 pandemic. Where exactly? Why on our currently under-utilized roadway spaces.

Editor: All this week, the Deer Lake parking lot has been substantially full and hundreds of people have been congregating at the lakefront and on trails.

The 7 p.m. cheer is for front-line health-care workers first, but it's also a show of solidarity for the rest of us

As the saying goes, “snitches get stitches.” Social media is full of people mocking those who “snitch” or “rat out” their neighbours for certain behaviours.

For the past two weeks or so, I’ve been getting emails and messages from NOW readers concerned about people not keeping their social distance on the Deer Lake trail.

A rare thing happened recently on social media. People actually welcomed the rain. After a stint of sunny weather, people were (rightly) losing their minds at photos of people not practising social distancing at beaches, in parks and on trails.

Nature lover Paul Cipywnyk has a simple message for people during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s so simple it seems silly to even have to share it. But here we are.