Opinion

Don’t look now, but the BC NDP government is suddenly finding itself trying to put out all kinds of fires on an issue that gives the NDP fits like no other party in power: labour disputes.

U-turns – the last refuge of driving scoundrels. “Oh, I don’t want to be heading in this direction so I’ll just pull a U-turn in the middle of traffic and risk some lives because I’m entitled.

Burnaby resident Charles Masala was killed after being struck by a suspected drunk driver. Since then, people have been leaving flowers and photos, as well as building tiny rock formations.

Good morning.

Dear editor: Re: Election Results Change Perspective on Pipeline, Oct. 25 The North Side opinion column.

I know people love to throw shade at Richmond drivers, but let’s not take Burnaby drivers off the hook for their iffy behaviour. I spend most of my driving life these days in Burnaby, in particular the intersections near my office.

When I wrote some blogs recently about barbecue ribs and a tomahawk steak , my friend turned to me in shock. “You wrote about red meat before fish?” she said.

Ever heard of a Q ball? It is a made-in-house dessert in which fresh ingredients are chopped and steamed, and then mixed with tapioca flour and water, and then kneaded to give it a chewy texture.

If there’s something I’ve noticed in the past year of writing traffic blogs is that people hate ‘N’ drivers. This following story won’t help. A new driver given a warning for speeding by RCMP didn’t get the message.

Editor: I tire of people - for example, during the election campaign, NDP candidate Svend Robinson - claiming the (Trans Mountain) tankers are a “huge and unacceptable risk” to B.C. waters.