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The past few weeks have been turbulent in New Westminster, but in a good way. Sure, the debate about the removal of the Judge Begbie statue has brought out some racist trolls, but there has also been some thoughtful debate about the issue.

If you drive a car, things have been pretty painful for the last few weeks. Gas prices hitting $1.70 per litre and higher have made filling the tank that much harder to afford, and relief looks like it’s not coming any time soon.

When 3 Vets in Mount Pleasant was sold and demolished, no one mentioned what would happen to their web-footed friends Grey and Goose...

For all the fish and chip lovers out there...

Be careful what you ask for, goes the old adage. The NDP government floated the idea last year of B.C. stepping in and regulating interprovincial heavy-oil movements. Then it paused and backed up to ask the courts whether it had the power to do so.

Feds rule that one-third of civic politicians’ pay no longer tax exempt

Stephanie Klatt took her family out recently for a walk. She expected it to be peaceful. She was wrong. Klatt stopped at a crosswalk on University Crescent on Burnaby Mountain, looked both ways when she spotted a fast-moving luxury car approaching.

Editor: We are the adults of Canada. Whether we live in the Maritimes, the Territories, Eastern, Central or Western Canada, we all need to become more educated on climate issues for our children and grandchildren.

Premier John Horgan’s gas price inquiry is a move pulled from the playbook of former NDP premier Glen Clark in the 1990s. It didn’t work then — no fault of that inquiry — and it’s an open question whether it will accomplish much now.

Editor: What do New Westminster’s May Day and Judge Begbie controversies have in common? Historical revisionism - the now-common practice of using present day social perspectives to reinterpret the past, often leading to controversial, negative moral