Opinion

When I was in Grade 10 - long before cell phones were a common teen accessory and home phones were our only means of telecommunication - I remember calling my mom to check in after school and telling her that I was at a girlfriend’s house.

The BC NDP’s hold on power is stable again with the party’s byelection win in Nanaimo, but the result may also provide some lessons for its two rival parties. While sitting governments usually lose byelections in B.C.

Editor: I am writing in regards to the housing task force. Like many, I am wondering why it has so many developers and the Urban Development Institute, which is a lobby group, but does not have any renters from Burnaby on it.

Should the City of Burnaby have a policy on accepting cash payments at city hall? The issue of money laundering took an interesting twist late this week when the City of Vancouver announced it was no longer accepting cash payments greater than $10,00

Chants of “no one is illegal” were heard on the grounds outside Burnaby city hall on Saturday as a counter-protest was held to disrupt a rally organized by Canada’s yellow vest movement.

Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley has the first real controversy of his short tenure and – surprise! - it involves housing. Welcome to elected office, Mr. Mayor. It all started after the names of the mayor’s task force on housing were revealed.

Jon Firor just wants to go for a walk in peace. But he can’t. When he hits the trails near his home on Marine Way in south Burnaby, including the one along the Fraser River, all he sees is garbage. Lots of it.

One of our most-read stories from the past week involved the NOW’s revelation that the City of Burnaby owes the federal government $1.2 million for the cost of policing pipeline protests.

The federal government and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid too much for the pipeline. Like, way too much.

Each month in this column I write about a topic which is important to local businesses and top of mind at the Burnaby Board of Trade.