Opinion

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.

Recently members of the Forever Young Choir held their annual, summer windup potluck and BBQ party at the Kole Creek Bison Ranch near Hixon.

In his two columns (June 25 & July 1) Todd Whitcombe attempts to answer the questions, where did life on this planet originate? And perhaps more importantly, how did it originate? He asserts that a plausible theory resulted from the Miller-Urey exper

To Environment Minister Mary Polak: We are writing with regard to the issue of Conservation Officer Bryce Casavant being suspended without pay for saving the lives of two bear cubs in Port Hardy, B.C.

To Environment Minister Mary Polak: We are writing with regard to the issue of Conservation Officer Bryce Casavant being suspended without pay for saving the lives of two bear cubs in Port Hardy.

This past week, I had a conversation with a colleague about confirmation bias. This is the tendency we all have to seek information which confirms our beliefs rather than information which disproves them.

Tom Flanagan wrote: "One of the most interesting developments in Canadian politics in recent years is the rise of the "permanent campaign," in which political parties seem at all times to be as much preoccupied with campaigning as with government and

Rivers and lakes are like cancer. They have hurt everyone. No one has remained untouched.