Opinion

Some elections in Canada are all about change. In Quebec, only diehard fans and misguided academics expected the Liberal party to somehow stay in power after the 2019 provincial ballot.

Week one in federal election promises: Jagmeet Singh vowed to cap cellphone and Internet charges. Justin Trudeau announced breaks for first-time homeowners. Andrew Scheer dangled tax credits for transit users.

I watched the first leaders debate and was taken back. During the debate, Andrew Scheer suggested that the Conservatives were good stewards of finances. He strongly suggested that only Conservatives could wisely handle Canadian taxation.

In a recent U.S. mass shooting at a St. Louis high school's football jamboree, eight-year-old Jurnee Thompson was shot and killed.

What governing vision does the Conservative Party of Canada offer Canadians this election? This is a fundamental question that the party has not yet answered.

Resource management is changing in British Columbia. There have been changes to federal and provincial statues and processes that have significant impact on the work of applied biology professionals.

I suppose someone has to be prime minister. I suppose some party has to win the Oct. 21 federal election. I'm just not sure who, what or why.

As Larry the Liquidator said in that not-so-classic film Other People's Money: "I love money more than the things it can buy... but what I love more than money is other people's money.

There are a lot of catchy words and phrases out there - things that are trying to sell us something or convey a complex concept in simple terms.

Watching and participating in an online group of concerned residents about the proposed plastics plant has been interesting.