Opinion

The 100-year-old institution's reputation is frayed. The reputations of several individuals are in tatters. A breach of academic freedom is being investigated.

Two more months. That's how much longer we have to wait to find out who the winners and losers are in the federal election.

My husband and I took our grandchildren to Touch A Truck on Aug. 14. They had an ambulance, fire truck, police car and Razor, my favourite - the Zamboni - dump truck and several others.

The price of gas is outrageous. Why are we paying so much ? With the price of oil down and dropping well below $50, the price of gas should be around $0.75 per litre; not $1.30 per litre. Last week I paid $1.

Wouldn't it have been wonderful for Leonard Matte to present a single shred of evidence to back up his nasty little tirade against CBC.

The morons are aloft again. This time they took flight in the Okanagan. Last weekend, some fool grounded the entire fleet of eight helicopters and one tanker plane fighting wildfires near Oliver by flying a drone within the fleet's area of operation.

The Hart Skateboard Park is a perfect example to illustrate the contrasting leadership styles of Mayor Lyn Hall and city manager Kathleen Soltis with previous mayor Shari Green and the last city manager Beth James.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank two of our local finest peace officers. On Thursday morning, coming to work just going up Carney I accidentally hit my On Star. Just before anyone answered, I hung it up thinking everything was fine.

There's a seventy-nine-year-old pompous white elephant sitting in the room that should be put out to pasture.

Perhaps I shouldn't tell you the story about the time we almost burned down a campsite. OK, it went like this: My wife and I and the kids drove out to a park for a picnic - never mind where, we want to be able to go back.