Opinion

Finance Minister Mike de Jong cut straight to the bottom line in releasing the public accounts Wednesday, announcing B.C. was "firmly back in the black," after a string of budgets that were either in deficit or balanced on a razor's edge.

This week featured Major League Baseball's All Star game and Home Run Derby. Baseball is a very simple game about pitching and hitting. Good pitching can make batting the ball an almost impossible task.

The obvious lack of rain is prompting the immediate problems with wildfires around B.C. But a longer-term issue is the lack of snow.

Thank you for printing the CP story about the dire effects that climate change is having on bumble bees around the world (Friday, July 10 issue).

Families, local and visiting this summer, please be reminded that we have the beautiful Little Prince to entertain you and your children every weekend.

On the hot summer days of my childhood in North Vancouver, often my friends and I would take the 20 minute walk to the forested trails of Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge.

Dear editor, From our great rivers to our soaring peaks, Canada's rugged natural beauty has instilled a love of the outdoors across generations of Canadians.

Over the weekend, I bumped into a fan. The fan asked me why after nearly 18 months of writing I had neglected to write about LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning) issues and Pride.

Hermann Nieweler loved jazz. His jazz club, a cosy venue that has operated on View Street in Victoria for 29 years, was a labour of love for him.

According to Napoleon Hill, "One of the tricks of opportunity, (is that) it has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.