Opinion

I have been walking for many years on the Cottonwood trails in the city and have enjoyed very much the tree that two nice ladies decorate to celebrate the different holidays like Christmas, Easter, Halloween, etc.

I would like to thank Mr. Dale for his apology (letter, April 18) which I accept, but there is always a but. Mr. Dale speaks of the Solutrean theory as being debunked when in fact it is alive and well.

From my recent visit to the Lower Mainland, I can assure you that $1.

Tomorrow is Spirit Day. The Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation, together with our friends across the street at the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group, are working together to raise money for better healthcare in Prince George and across Northern B.

In the drafts folder of my email sits a half-written reply to a woman who wrote me in anger. Hers was a lengthy, well-argued, point-by-point dissection of a column she didn't like, so I wanted to put the same amount of effort into my response.

We often break complex issues into dichotomies. You are either with us or against us. It is us versus them. This is a black-and-white issue. Should we or shouldn't we? For the most part, these dichotomies help us make choices.

One of the toughest choices politicians face while in office is how much or how little to take part (and be seen taking part) showing up to a major emergency affecting thousands of people and pitching in to help out.

Change can be good, and is often needed to improve justice, but we need to be careful of unintended repercussions. As we work to improve the lives of transgender and intersex people, we need to have a broader imagination.

It is said that what happens to one person impacts all of us. While this may seem absurd to some, as I gain experience in life, it becomes ever clearer to me that we share a common humanity.

The City of Calgary voted to end fluoridation of their water in 2011 and during this time, the number of children with tooth decay has increased - completely unsurprising to those of us who believe in science.