Opinion

Travel gets tricky for Grant Lawrence and his crew amid current health crisis

A BC Liberal MLA learned first-hand about the dangers of letting a social conservative philosophy get too close to public policy.

The spread of COVID-19 around the world and the few new cases in Canada and B.C. have created an epidemic of anxiety. Though I have not seen any suspected cases in my office, I have treated many patients with overwhelming anxiety related to the news.

Burnaby politicians and B.C. health officials have been trying to rally around Asian business owners to save them from the devastating impact of coronavirus panic. Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley and B.C.

When my 12-year-old daughter wants some spending money, she doesn’t hold out an open palm and ask for cash. Instead, she asks what she can do to earn some money, and when she does, I feel like I’ve done something right as a parent.

A lot of people with relatives in care homes will be hoping the provincial government’s stance in a lawsuit is just tactical wrangling, not health policy. As the B.C.

Editor: In the Feb. 27 edition, page 5, there is the story about the City of Burnaby opening a climate fund. Last year, the city cut down many trees at the corner of Norland and Canada Way for a parking lot.

Tri-City News reporter Diane Strandberg, who has reported on phishing scams, let herself get scammed. Now, she has some advice

We haven’t asked our first ministers to put on the Big Boy Pants for some time. They’ve been able to be children. Now it is time.

Editor: At the end of January, I was rushed to Burnaby Hospital by ambulance with a severely bleeding ulcer. Pretty serious, apparently. I cried, screamed, complained and hated everything that had to be done to me.