Opinion

Last week, I took a historical approach to democracy and maybe spent a little too much ink on the structure employed in ancient Greece.

With five weeks until municipal elections on Oct.

Popping lids is my jam. I would like to say that I completely made up this phrase myself because I am infinitely clever and witty however I stole it from a friend of mine.

During my rebellious teen years, I remember listening to an incredible band from Detroit (The Motor City) called The MC5. On one of their live albums, recorded in the late 1960s, they made a statement that struck me and has never left me.

Bill Lloyd, the third oldest of 12 children, was born in Viscount, Sask. in 1928. He was only 12 years old when his family arrived in Prince George in 1940. He married Joey (Josephine) Lybeck in 1955. Here is their story in a nutshell.

The possibility of a new centre-right party led by Maxime Bernier has given rise to the idea that the 2019 federal election will conclude in a new victory for the Liberal Party of Canada.

There's the Greater Victoria approach to municipal reorganization, where it takes four years to decide whether to ask about starting over. Then there's Ontario's Nike approach: "Just do it.

Based on comments coming out of the Union of B.C. Municipalities conference in Whistler this week, local governments can't wait for marijuana to be legal in less than five weeks as an excuse to raise taxes.

On the roughly two-mile walk to the elementary school, a dirt road shortcut led through a thick rainforest, ending in a small meadow. The grassy area was graced by a small, but storied, wooden building.

Fall is here. The first snow is falling. The sky is cloudy. And after a summer under the haze of wildfire smoke, it seems we are quickly slipping into the dreary days of winter. Human beings - like most animals - are creatures of habit and instinct.