Opinion

In my role as executive director of the Community Arts Council, I regularly have the opportunity to engage in conversations with some pretty impressive people about the role the arts play in our community.

George Kostas Blanis, aka George the Barber, was born in 1937 in Diava Kalabaka, Greece. It was shortly after the war when a friend of his left for Canada to work as a barber and with the hope of finding a better life.

Patrick Roy backstopped the Montral Canadiens to a Stanley Cup victory in 1993, gaining the Con Smythe award for playoff MVP in the process.

Scientists have an insatiable urge to understand "how" and "why.

Shame on the person or persons who decided to destroy the tree in the heritage park near the museum.

Re: George Getty letter, entitled "Tough on drugs." While your emotionless concern over these fentanyl related deaths was noted, you offered no real solution besides chastising the users and their parenting.

God and Godbout forgive me, but yes, we need at least one more epilogue on the historic win of Donald J. Trump. If you don't think so, skip this column, but do so at your peril.

Academics and journalists share the same passion for knowledge.

An open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: It is an exciting time to be a scientist in Canada. We celebrated when you restored the long-form census, increased basic research funding, and encouraged federal scientists to speak freely.

The first guy through the pot shop door Wednesday morning figured he had good reason to buy a joint. "I woke up to Trump as president," he said. Which, according to Washington state law, is a perfectly valid reason for getting high.