Opinion

Sunday is huge for Jagmeet Singh - and it doesn't involve the luck of the Irish. The federal NDP leader will be officially sworn in as the Member of Parliament for Burnaby South.

Burnaby RCMP have stepped up patrols at the four mosques in and around our city today in the wake of the horrific massacres in Christchurch, New Zealand that left at least 49 people dead. I’m still shaking as I read those numbers.

Editor: Re: Letter: Burnaby doesn't need more ice rinks; it needs a new art gallery , NOW , March 14 As co-chair of the Burnaby Arts Council, I would like express to the residents of Burnaby, the mayor and council, as well as the park board, that we

Vacations are not the time to be obsessively looking at work emails — and I wasn’t...for the most part. But in came not one, but two somewhat provocative emails.

Susan Poizner is a convert. She had no interest in gardening when her husband started a veggie garden in their backyard several years ago. As time passed, she became hooked and started looking beyond her fence to share the green gospel.

The political slugfest that took place Monday night in the chambers of Burnaby council was truly extraordinary.

Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley has his task force on housing up and running, with the group meeting recently and a round of online public input received. And not a moment too soon.

If you want to know how Burnaby measures up to other cities when it comes to cannabis stores, just look next door to New West.

Editor: My wife Claire Jenkins was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2006 and Alzheimer’s in 2014.

Dear editor: I write to draw attention to a global climate strike on Friday, March 15. I am a Grade 10 student at Sutherland Secondary and for the past few weeks I have been encouraging my friends and peers to participate in this meaningful protest.