Opinion

Re: Todd Whitcombe's column (No need to change voting system). The last B.C. minority government was in 1952; since then, only the 2001 government has won with over 50 per cent of the popular vote.

The current medical-marijuana regime is a slapstick farce from a legal point of view. Maybe that's why the provincial government is being so serious when it comes to B.C.'s new framework for recreational cannabis.

It may make us feel virtuous to throw plastics into the blue bin. But the uncomfortable reality is that most aren't salvaged - whether they bear recycling symbols or not.

Several months ago, a woman sat in my office and told me a gripping true story. She was an employee of a large corporation who had assets in our region and had, for the most part, been living an idyllic life with her family here.

Alberta governments have not required the petroleum industry (Syncrude,Suncor, Husky, Shell, Chevron, Esso) to build refineries, letting Big Oil call the shots.

In this era of fake news and post-truth, it is good to see everyday people - like Art Betke and me - go beyond the media and closely study technical and scholarly reviews on hot scientific and political issues.

There is no question that this year's crop of high-school grads is moving into a consumer world that is getting scarier all the time.

Everybody hates tort law... unless they're the ones seeking compensation for a wrong committed against them. Along with criminal law, tort law is a cornerstone of democracy.

The CNN story says "Nine out of every 10 people on the planet breathe air that contains high levels of pollutants and kills seven million people each year, according to a new study from the World Health Organization.

I would like to thank the gentleman who found my purse outside in the shopping cart. It happened at 6:30 p.m. on April 30 at Save-On Foods in Spruceland Mall. You saved me a lot of headaches with your honesty.