Opinion

It is now February so as I finalize the crop planning for 2017 (which I was hoping to have done a month ago) I am staring at data from the NOAA, farmer's almanac and all the other agriculture-related news outlets.

A few weeks ago, city councillor Jillian Merrick put the call out for Frugal February, as a public forum to discuss penny-pinching ideas and ways to make your budget stretch in inventive ways. One of the items that Coun.

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.