Terry O'Neill

Most of my council colleagues and I just spent the past 90 minutes talking with Translink folks about "service optimization" in Co...

I am pleased to report that I will be taking on more responsibilities around City Hall in the coming year. That's because, in addition t...

You might remember that, several months ago, an enviro-activist included the Coquitlam River on a list of allegedly "endangered" r...

Eco-terrorism? I'd bet most people haven't even heard of the expression, let alone of the existence of this brand of criminal. But, ...

It's been almost  two weeks now since I wrote  my blog urging caution about over-publicizing suicide . I am pleased to report that, si...

It appears that my voter-encouragement idea , which would have seen the provincial government enact legislation to allow communities to more...

Graphic from teensuicideprevention.org Amanda Todd’s suicide touched many in our community, and rightly so. If it’s true that the death...

  In the weeks leading up to Remembrance Day, veterans of the wars in which our country has fought visited many schools and comm...

If a completely natural event like an earthquake disturbs the completely natural habitat of a rare animal, is it something we humans should ...

It's likely that most folks wouldn't have heard of the controversial idea of seeding water with iron filings (to boost the growth of...

I've just finished writing, editing and laying out a four-page pamphlet promoting one of my favourite charities, the Coquitlam Founda...

I am involved with a few non-profit charities such as The Coquitlam Foundation and regularly attend their and other non-profits' fundra...

 Photo of pet cemetery from cbc.ca.  A report on the issue of pet cemeteries came to council eight days ago, but was deferre...

I thought I'd do something different for the blog today, and pass along this heartening news release from the office of the Prime Minist...

We had a long and somewhat convoluted discussion about the Riverview lands at last night’s council meeting—and I have to admit that I was ch...

My previous attempt to gain council support to engage more citizen involvement in the democratic process didn't get any traction. So, l...

With Justin Trudeau set to announce that he intends to seek the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada, I thought the time was right for...