Sandy Macdougall

Humour is lost in our politics

Humour is lost in our politics

There is no Official Monster Raving Loony Party.

Humour is lost in our politics

Column: What should we do with senate?

It has been said that the only inevitable things in this country were death and income tax. Proposed abolition or reform of the senate...

Sidewinder: Shouldering a share of blame

Sidewinder: Shouldering a share of blame

Adding a half percent to provincial sales tax in Metro Vancouver was always totally unfair and inequitable way to finance the scheme.

Sidewinder: Shouldering a share of blame
Education’s future looks bleak

A failure to protect children

The only visible change in the ministry in past 30 years has been changing its name.

Education’s future looks bleak
Education’s future looks bleak

Education’s future looks bleak

Education, health and other essential elements all suffering at the hands of provincial government.

Education’s future looks bleak

Column: Speeding on highway of life

Strange changes take place as we travel down the road of life. Some of these things we experience are the result ...

Sidewinder: Income tax is still biggest ripoff

Sidewinder: Income tax is still biggest ripoff

Income tax is the biggest lie any government ever told and it gets worse every year.

Sidewinder: Income tax is still biggest ripoff
Marijuana, not golf on ag land

Marijuana, not golf on ag land

The bulk of the residents’ concerns centered around the potential threat to domestic water supplies.

Marijuana, not golf on ag land

Sidewinder: Somewhere sprawl must end

The scarred hills and ridges about all that is left following closure of rock quarries or gravel mining operations become subdivisions

A kinder, gentler time we lived

A kinder, gentler time we lived

Just a few of Sandy's favourite things he misses now that he's retired.

A kinder, gentler time we lived
Now on with the council show

You’re never too old to go back

A few months ago I made a decision to return to school in order to complete Grade 12 and, thereby, receive a graduation diploma.

Now on with the council show
Now on with the council show

Now on with the council show

Mayor-elect Nicole Read ran a superb campaign and deserves credit for her victory.

Now on with the council show

You owe it to yourself to vote

The civic election campaigns in both Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows are almost over.

Homeless, hopeless and helpless

Homeless, hopeless and helpless

If you speak with street people, they will tell you they feel they have no real control over their own lives.

Homeless, hopeless and helpless
Homeless, hopeless and helpless

How sprawl could rule elections

Urban sprawl should be one of the most important election campaign issues in either Pitt Meadows or Maple Ridge.

Homeless, hopeless and helpless
Homeless, hopeless and helpless

Getting ready for civic elections

There are seven trustee positions – two representing Pitt Meadows and five representing Maple Ridge.

Homeless, hopeless and helpless
Policing costs are out of control

Chaos and municipal elections

The ugliest season of any year is about to begin with civic election campaigns getting underway .

Policing costs are out of control
Policing costs are out of control

Policing costs are out of control

Maple Ridge is currently spending in excess of $20 million per year to preserve law and order.

Policing costs are out of control
Sandy Macdougall is a retired journalist and former councillor for the District of Maple Ridge.

Where the train comes off the track

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News columnist Sandy Macdougall

Sandy Macdougall is a retired journalist and former councillor for the District of Maple Ridge.
Nothing about game is ‘beautiful’

Nothing about game is ‘beautiful’

The entire recent World Cup soccer tournament in Brazil had very few moments to justify even describing the event as exciting.

Nothing about game is ‘beautiful’