Opinion

This blog will likely get me burned in effigy outside the NOW office, but I’m still writing it. Burnaby residents who own in a strata need to take a hard look in the mirror as the reality of sky-high insurance rates hits their buildings.

This past week was marked by people making a big show by wearing pink shirts to symbolize their stand against bullying.

Editor: Re: This Burnaby street should absolutely be closed to traffic , NOW blogs Not quite sure why Audrey Flagel is complaining after living there for only six or so years.

A designated bike lane is supposed to be respected at all times by drivers and cyclists alike. Sure, there’s only a painted symbol and a white line – maybe the occasional sign – but it’s there for a reason and needs to be adhered to at all times.

Trans Mountain emails a newsletter pretty much each week with updates on the project. The topics vary each week, ranging from construction to employment to the latest court decisions.

Officers from 14 different law-enforcement agencies across the Lower Mainland were in Burnaby all this past week for a concerted four-day commercial vehicle enforcement blitz, with check stops set up at multiple locations each day.

In December 2019, people were spitting mad after a 13-year-old boy was seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver on Humphries Street at 17th Avenue in Burnaby.

On Monday, one of our co-workers came into the office visibly shaken. She told us how the day before she’d been with her family waiting for a table at a restaurant when an elderly woman looked straight at her husband and said, “Go back to China.

Plenty of questions plus lack of transparency raise worries regarding community safety amidst the spread of the novel coronavirus

Editor: The City of Burnaby actually doesn't care about trees. At a glance, the city seems to be all about environmental friendliness and sustainability, with new urban paths going up and baby trees being planted to line the roads.