While the sunny skies and warm temperatures might have us thinking of a few last summer activities to squeeze into our schedules, we shouldn’t be too quick to gloss over the arrival of September — and with it the return of schoolchildren on our streets and sidewalks.

Even though we now have a decision from the voters of B.C. to scrap the HST, I wonder when or if we will ever hear any straight talk from our government about the tax burden on individual citizens.

If anyone has information about Ethel Diel or Maria Handsaker, I would love to hear from you.

Premier Christy Clark’s decision not to call a fall election makes a great deal of sense, and not only for the reasons she outlined.

Considering the amount of the regional network residents use, an independent study 91Ô­´´ commissioned about 10 years ago concluded that residents were getting their money’s worth from TransLink.

Councillor Steve Ferguson is attempting to revise recent Township tax history

A number of Vancouver-based commentators have blamed much of the Stanley Cup riot damage on residents of suburban cities like Surrey and 91Ô­´´. They were suggesting that, had these people stayed home in their own communities, the riot and associated damage wouldn’t have happened.

Why do we see watering at McLeod Athletic Park in the heat of the day? I don’t think that is water wise.

Well kiddies, enjoy your last weekend of summer before school starts.

The Kwantlen solution to the transportation problem is one that civic politicians should bring up every chance they can. They need to impress on provincial MLAs and TransLink the real difficulties that transit users face in the South Fraser region.