Opinion

In a previous relationship with a woman who was originally from Vietnam, she referred to going out for pho as simply, “going out for beef noodle.” She stuck with pho that contained different cuts of beef because that was her favourite.

Editor: (Friday) morning driving out of Port Moody on Clarke Road and onto Barnet Hwy, I noticed that traffic was considerably worse than it should be for a Friday morning at 730 a.m.

The City of Burnaby emailed me some figures on Wednesday detailing how much it cost to hold the 2018 elections for mayor, council and school board.

Ah, the rose. A beautiful presence. A short-lived bloom. But once done, just the thorns to see. The message of our province’s finance minister Sept.

Cities have multiple ways to try and stop ratrunners – those pesky drivers who race through quiet residential streets in an insane lust to avoid high-traffic roads. In Burnaby, one of those roads ratrunners hate is Hastings Street.

Editor: We have lived in Burnaby for many years, raising our family here.

Editor: I am reading all the fear mongering about TMX. Do people realize that when the pipeline is finished, it may bring gas prices down? The original pipeline has run for 50 years without a problem.

Editor: The Trans Mountain pipeline is a financial burden for taxpayers and needs to be cancelled. Not only is it a disaster for the climate, the coast and Indigenous rights, but it’s fast becoming a government boondoggle of epic proportions.

Editor: Remember Justin Trudeau’s “governments grant permits, but only communities grant permission”? I sure do. My community (Burnaby) back in 2015 told the bogus National Energy Board overwhelmingly that we don’t grant permission.

On the very first day of the election campaign, the media bus drove into Justin Trudeau’s plane at the Victoria airport. As metaphors go, that’s not bad.