Opinion

Having all but sounded the clarion call, “to your tents, O Israel!” last week, I can hardly join the chorus shouting down the protests across our land with any integrity.

Groundbreaking American anthropologist Margaret Mead said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.

Why eco? The noun and prefix are adapted from the Ancient Greek word ‘oikos’ symbolizing the linked concepts of family, the family home and family property.

I think the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs should take responsibility for what is happening with the pipeline protests. It’s not even about the pipeline any more. They need to put a stop to these protests before someone gets hurt.

Thank you to Gerry Chidiac for his thoughtful column, Standing with the Wet’suwet’en.

A few years ago I was talking to a clergyman who was struggling with declining church attendance. We had a discussion about the reasons for that and I was telling him that there was not much difference between a church and a business.

The government, elected officials and bureaucrats alike, in a democracy has many jobs but one duty – to uphold the law.

Have a quick look at Bernie Sanders’ website and, without so much as a broken pencil, see if it offends your financial senses. Maybe it helps being parented by children of the Great Depression.

Isitwendam is the theatrical catalyst to a societal supernova: where ideas about Canada’s history collapse under the gravity of its reality.

As Canadians, we take pride in our identity as a peaceful nation that celebrates diversity. These are indeed wonderful ideals but to be authentic, they need to be lived.