Opinion

With the recent resignations of premiers Danny Williams and Gordon Campbell one can't help but compare the two. Williams resigned on his own terms with a popularity rating of 80 per cent plus (one poll put it at 90 per cent).

Food for Thought Pork is meat from a pig, an omnivorous mammal. The male is called a boar, the female a sow, and the young, a piglet or feeder. Because all meat from cloven-hooved animals is categorized as red meat, pork is considered a red meat.

Vaughn Palmer In Victoria It has been called Gordon Campbell's last bad decision - the massive reorganization of the Crown resource and land use ministries, launched just 10 days before he announced that he would be stepping down as premier.

Jack Knox Slightly Skewed Dear Santa, Seven years ago, with pride and hope in my heart, I left you a glass of milk and plate of cookies.

Todd Whitcombe Science and You Last week, Dr. Stephen Rader presented an interesting talk at Caf Scientifique on the "RNA World." This is not a new planet or a code name for some science fiction-based video game.

Re: B.C. biotech firm seeks approval for apple that doesn't turn brown, Nov. 30.

Too often in recent years on these pages, school district trustees and senior officials have been portrayed as hard-hearted and cold-blooded as they struggled to make difficult decisions regarding school closures.

Christmas is the one time of year where every place you go is extremely busy on a regular basis. My husband and I have been to the mall on a few occasions to complete our shopping for our children.

With the holidays descending on us rather quickly, folks are scurrying around preparing for the festivities. Here are some tips for keeping our pets safe at a time especially when we have many things on our mind.

Last January the PG Hotel along with the liquor store located inside was permanently shuttered as a result of the sale to the Commonwealth Group.