Opinion

Summer time is the right time to enjoy a crisp white wine or refreshing cider. One is a wine from B.C. that is bursting with apples while the other is a perfect classic Chardonnay from Ontario.

Have you ever taken a bite out of a good tasting apple and thought, "this would even be better if I had grown this apple myself?" I find that nothing tastes better than fresh, home-grown fruit and produce.

On Oct. 19, 1987, the U.S. Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 508 points, or 22.61 per cent, in what continues to be the largest one-day percentage decline in the history of the American stock index.

Banning cosmetic pesticide use started out as a relatively benign, feel-good idea that would give Premier Christy Clark some green cred without too much of a downside. Let's outlaw the use of toxic chemicals on lawns and gardens.

Neil Godbout's editorial last Tuesday stating global warming is responsible for the rapid spread of the pine beetle and the workers that died in the sawmill explosions are victims of global warming is a whitewash.

On this day in 1977, audiences went to theatres to witness a movie the likes of which they'd never seen before. The lights went down and the projector came alive, taking the viewers back to "a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

I often walk with my dear friend, Jill. Our favorite route is the uni hill. We walk in the summer, fall and spring But not in winter: that's not our thing. It's much too cold and it's not so nice, We're not so keen on the snow and ice.

Polar Pen

Is climate science a bunch of nonsense, as some would contend, or is the changing climate a real issue that we need to address? If I am going to pick a controversial topic for a column this would be right on top of the list.

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