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BLOG: This is what Canada can learn from Swedish dads

BLOG: This is what Canada can learn from Swedish dads

Over the three years that I spent on maternity leave - one year to care for each of my children - I was so thankful to have had a support system.
OPINION: BC NDP may give Santa Claus a run for his money

OPINION: BC NDP may give Santa Claus a run for his money

Finance Minister Carole James is sitting on a pile of cash that's allowing her government to spend, spend, spend
Column: How would your private life hold up in a courtroom, unedited?

Column: How would your private life hold up in a courtroom, unedited?

Picture a courtroom. Imagine yourself sitting in the dock. The judge, your defence lawyer and a Crown prosecutor are in front of you. A witness is in the stand.
Blog: I refuse to praise the BCA for finally growing a conscience

Blog: I refuse to praise the BCA for finally growing a conscience

The mood was ebullient Monday night in Burnaby council chambers - for good reason.
Letter: Laneway homes are no answer to Burnaby's affordability crisis

Letter: Laneway homes are no answer to Burnaby's affordability crisis

Editor: Re: Laneway houses, duplex suites proposed, NOW , Nov. 28 I understand to build a laneway house could cost over $300,000.00.
BC Hydro is trying to kill the Christmas spirit

BC Hydro is trying to kill the Christmas spirit

BC Hydro likely doesn’t want to ruin Christmas, but it sure is doing its best to sound like the Grinch.
OUR VIEW: #OtterWatch2018 should spur us all to action

OUR VIEW: #OtterWatch2018 should spur us all to action

While it may seem as if our response to stories of animal behaviour and animal cruelty is overwrought given all the other tragedies of the world, it’s touching nonetheless
Data ranks New West hospital as having nation's lowest baby mortality rate

Data ranks New West hospital as having nation's lowest baby mortality rate

When I first took over the job of editor of the New Westminster Record, a tour of Royal Columbian Hospital was near the top of my list of things to do. In particular, I wanted to see RCH’s neonatal intensive care unit, also known as the NICU.
OUR VIEW: Enough with the hand wringing over cannabis stores

OUR VIEW: Enough with the hand wringing over cannabis stores

B.C. is getting its first-ever “cannabis professor” – which seems like a natural progression after Canada legalized pot last month. The newly created position at the University of B.C.
PREST: Otter plays it koi while we pray for Madonna

PREST: Otter plays it koi while we pray for Madonna

As of this writing, it is unclear whether or not Madonna has been eaten alive, her bones left to rot in a small, ornate pool of water in downtown Vancouver.