DriveSmart BC – Is It Safe to Open Your Door?
Imagine the surprise of the motorist at a collision I once investigated. He parked at the side of the road, opened his door, and a passing car tried to tear it off! It’s a good thing he didn’t step out…
Editorial/Opinion
Poll – British Columbians Would Ban Mobile Phones in K-12 Classrooms
Vancouver – The notion of forbidding students from using their mobile phones in classrooms unreservedly is very popular in British Columbia, a new Research Co. poll has found. In the online survey of a representative provincial sample, 88% of British…
Province Says – 10 Years Later: More Than 30,000 EVs On The Road – FVN Asks “Will You Buy One”?
Fraser Valley/Victoria – British Columbia has reached another milestone in the switch to electric vehicles (EVs): 10 years after the first EVs hit B.C. highways, there are now more than 30,000 on the road. In November 2009, North America’s…
DriveSmart BC – Someone Needs a Timeout for Their Approach to School Crosswalk Safety
I pick up my grand daughters one afternoon a week at their rural elementary school. The kindergarten classes march out in line and wait patiently while their teacher identifies each child’s caregiver and dismisses them individually. They now join the…
Chilliwack Reroute for Water Activist Group Gaining Steam
Chilliwack – Over the weekend, the group Chilliwack Reroute for Water, were at Watson Elementary School. A group clasped hands and stretched from end-to-end of the sports field between the two pipeline markers on either side, in a symbolic gesture…
Poll: Many Canadians Believe Our Country Ranks in Top 10 For Children’s Well-Being – They’re Wrong
Toronto – One of Canada’s top child advocacy groups, Children First Canada, has released a new poll on Canadian’s attitudes on the wellbeing of our country’s kids. The poll is being released on the occasion of National Child Day (November…
DriveSmart BC – Trouble After a Vehicle Purchase
This inquiry arrived in the DriveSmartBC inbox last Thursday: “I bought a used newer truck from a dealership and was told prior to signing the final documents that the truck had gone through a full safety inspection. Less than two…
Report: Teens Still Tuning Into Radio
Boynton Beach, Florida/Fraser Valley(Radio Ink) – A US report posted by industry magazine Radio Ink , has stopped radio critics in their tracks. Despite reports that young consumers are spending more time with streaming platforms, social media and YouTube,Nielsen says…
Business Opinion – Chilliwack Tops List of 2020 Canadian Investment Towns
Chilliwack – (Tracy Goodwin is a Licensed Realtor at Century 21 Creekside Realty Ltd.) – The opening of the $200 million Molson Coors brewery in September is not the only good news for investors looking at the Lower Mainland community…
DriveSmart BC – We’ll See You When You Turn 80!
Sometimes I think that our system is designed to keep us in the driver’s seat. Even in an urban area, you need a vehicle to get around with convenience. Bend a few vehicles? Pay ICBC a (relatively) few dollars more…