Opinion

Safety is a relative term. This is true for most activities in our lives. Personally, I never gave crawling around in uncharted caves a second thought, but I wouldn't ever go sky diving.

We had a nice corner wood-burning fireplace when I was a kid. It had beautiful white brickwork and sat nestled on the corner between the living room and dining room.

Ask anyone charged with running a non-profit arts organization what their biggest challenge is, and you will most likely hear "raising funds" as their first response.

An acquaintance reminded me the other day that it was a mere three months until election day for British Columbians everywhere. I felt like a dog who'd been startled awake by a familiar noise; oh yes, that's right, we still have elections here in B.

Opposition leader John Horgan was in an upbeat mood last Friday, having enjoyed a good week thanks mainly to Premier Christy Clark having had a very bad one. The premier had falsely accused the New Democrats of criminally hacking the B.C.

There is no job application remotely like the one to be elected to public office.

In a few days, many romantics will be rushing off to the store to get their card, heart-shaped box of chocolates, and bouquet of flowers. They will be making dinner reservations for their special someone. Love will be in the air.

Over the last few weeks in my Canadian Politics class, I have been talking about the development of the Canadian Constitution and the road to patriation that led to the Constitution Act, 1982 and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

A war of words is being waged about the Site C dam. Again and again, selective information that purports to tell the 'real story' about the project is put forward, often with misleading results.

Editor's Note: The best part about being proven wrong is learning something new. In that spirit, the letter and photos below were wonderful to receive and we couldn't wait to share them with you. On Dec.