Opinion

Dear Editor: This is a thank you to the person in the black jeep who spotted the mother duck with her babies on Marine Way. Also a huge thanks to all of the motorists in all six lanes who stopped, to let the ducks cross to the other side.

Dear Editor: In 1996, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples observed, “A country cannot be built on a living lie.” Now is the time, during the Canada 150 activities, to complete the story.

It may possess a tiny majority in the legislature, but the new B.C. NDP government has hit the ground running with a speed that suggests a confidence that exceeds the tightness of the seating plan in the house.

As one of its first acts since taking power, the Green-backed NDP minority government raised the amount people on disability and welfare can collect each month by $100.

Dear Editor: It’s property tax time. For many of us, the massive increase in assessed property values means hundreds of dollars in city tax increases – about 25 per cent – over 2016.

Houston, we have a consensus. Well, almost. All three parties in the B.C. legislature now support a ban on corporate and union donations, as well as setting a cap on personal contributions. It's that last one that gets tricky.

We have a dream.

The stark urban/rural divide that has cleaved its way onto our provincial electoral map may be about to play a pivotal role in shaping the outcome of any attempt to change our voting system.

Earlier this week, haze settled over the cityscape and an air quality advisory was issued for residents across the Lower Mainland – all because of the wildfires that are blazing across the B.C. Interior.

Dear Editor: I would very much like an explanation from Shoppers Drug Mart regarding the cancellation of the oldies music played over the intercom on Seniors Thursdays. I always enjoyed going into the Kensington Plaza Shoppers Drug Mart on Thursdays.