Opinion

Things are buzzing in the electric transportation world these days. On Tuesday, a gaggle of reporters gathered in Richmond to watch the first test flight of Harbour Air’s new all-electric passenger plane .

“Why don’t you write good news stories?” and “Why is everything so negative?” are comments we get a lot at the newspaper. We actually do write quite a few positive stories on the regular — just check out the community and sports sections.

Editor: As a social worker in North Delta, I sometimes get people calling me who are in desperate situations. This is despite the fact that I do not have any formal government position and I work for myself in private practice as a counsellor.

The recent meeting of Canada’s premiers once again showed B.C. Premier John Horgan is charting a political path that over time will differ not only from his fellow federal premiers but also from his federal NDP leadership counterpart as well.

Vancouver teachers shocked to learn 80 per cent of students with autism spectrum disorder and learning disabilities will no longer count for class composition

People are always amazed when I say I make fresh bread, hot out of the oven, for Christmas dinner. “How do you find the time?” they always ask. My secret is this recipe for Peppered Cheese Bread.

Editor: Why are we bothering to sort our plastics, papers, yard waste? The answer is that we care about the environment and that the City of Burnaby has made a point of providing good recycling facilities, recognizing the impact of climate change.

They buried the apostrophe the other day. He was a tiny little fellow, made even smaller by being curled up like that, so it didn’t take much to build the coffin. The only problem was, nobody knew where to put it. How appropriate.

Stuff and junk, two words that make many of us shudder, started their etymological journey as straightforward names for simple things.

I drive down Hastings through Burnaby Heights far more than any other major Burnaby road and I’ve seen some heinous behaviour from drivers in relation to pedestrians.