Opinion

I have been teaching at a B.C. university for 19 years. It is no surprise then, that I feel that for many people a sound university education can be an important opportunity (although I also believe colleges offer a lot to people as well).

This past week has seen us hitting the highway between Michigan and Ontario. As this column is being written, we're in Toronto. The past week has also been a fascinating study in political contrasts.

Mental health issues remain one of the most prevalent and least understood areas of concern in society.

Like a cherry filling inside a chocolate truffle, Small Business Week (October 14-20) exists within Small Business Month during the month of October.

We often look right past it. Or, at least, through it. Glass is one of the oldest materials that humans have manufactured and one of the more interesting. The origins of glass are lost in antiquity.

So let me get this straight. Our gas price rises because refineries thousands of miles away are not producing fuel. Does that mean the refinery here in P.G. is sending all the fuel it makes down south to make up for the shortage in the U.S.

As I left the city's public Core Review session last Tuesday, I thought: there must be a better way to get input from the City's workers.

At noon today, if you're a card-carrying member of the B.C. Conservative Party, you're obligated to either swear undying fealty to leader John Cummins or take the scissors to your card.

The major powers have all had their nuclear weapons on permanent alert, ready to launch in minutes or hours, for the past forty years. Changes in the level of political risk, even the end of the Cold War, have had little or no effect on that.

One of the tricks in debating is to define your opponent's positions and attitude prior to giving them a chance to state their position. This is central to Mr.