Opinion

Burnaby resident Carrie McLaren has a simple question for her city government. “Is there a schedule for streets that need repaving?” McLaren tweeted out the request about Manor Street in Burnaby at Gilmore Avenue.

Editor: Is it just me or do landlords like to play favourites when it comes to tenants? I've been renting from a Burnaby (North) apartment building for a couple of years now and have had so much trouble with the tenant next to me.

Some Westerners might have trouble wrapping their heads around eating barbeque that’s not dripping with sauce, but it’s a good way to go. Chinese barbeque is quite different from the slather-it-on barbeque of, say, Memphis or many Canadian backyards.

“Stop fighting with your sister, don’t you know Santa’s watching you? Do you not want any Christmas gifts this year? I’m sure you’ll be sad when you wake up on Christmas morning with nothing but a lump of coal in your stocking.

When I moved back to my hometown of North Burnaby a few years ago, it was pretty frustrating to not have close access to Persian food. I mean, Burnaby has a kazillion sush bars (which does make me happy), but I need me some Persian herbs and spices.

While Premier John Horgan says his government needs to “renew” and “refresh” itself, the same can be said of the BC Liberals sitting in opposition.

Editor: Re: So, Sam Oosterhoff, you want to make abortion ‘unthinkable’? Here’s where to start , NOW Opinion (In 1989, I was) volunteering with the abortion clinic on Victoria Street in Vancouver. It was a very hard decision to make.

Some bad news today for opponents of the Trans Mountain pipeline. The company posted a photo and information about the first pipe actually being put into the ground on the controversial project.

There is still time before 2019 wraps up and so it’s possible the Burnaby NOW will publish a new story that will take over the title of “Most Read” this year, but I highly doubt it. One-million pageviews is a pretty insurmountable number.

I have this friend who often travels with me. She’s not what you would call a nervous passenger – except when it comes to commercial vehicles.