Opinion

A couple of weeks ago, Vancouver revealed its latest piece of public art. It is a giant (13-metre high) golden replica, created by Douglas Coupland, of the hollow tree in Stanley Park.

Just over a year ago, we began the longest election period in our history, and at the end of that time, Justin Trudeau and a Liberal majority were elected to govern Canada.

I am one of many volunteers who is involved with World Baseball Challenge from August 12 until August 19.

Plain and simply the regional district "Unsightly Bylaw Process" is a complete total failure! Amazingly though, the regional district is extremely comfortable with this fact and prefers to continue with a broken system.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. -- George Bernard Shaw Communication is hard. It takes a lot of work. It involves both parties. And it is more than just words.

In 1869, Harvard president Charles W. Eliot made a statement that embodied the challenge faced by universities at the time, and which continues to represent the aspirations of universities today. He noted that "...

I noticed on your "Timeline for Development of Whistler- Blackcomb" article, page 11 of the August 9th edition, that there is no mention of the B.C. government's injected bailout funds, (just before or after the Olympics - I can't remember exactly).

I feel obligated to write about the pig attacked by the two dogs. I live in the subdivision off Shelley Road. The mindset of people out here is that all animals can run loose.

Two stories nobody seems to want to touch. The assault on due process and circumventing of legal precedence, resulting in a massive and embarrassing rebuke of Ontario Court Justice Marvin Zuker.

John Horgan and Andrew Weaver are two politicians who should be focused on one thing: how to beat Christy Clark's governing Liberals in a looming election. But, to Clark's undoubted delight, they're both fighting internal battles instead.