Opinion

Harper leaving Canada a sad legacy

"Every block of stone has a statue inside of it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it." Michelangelo. An apt description of sculpting by a master but sculpting is also a process of elimination.

Apr 13, 2015 8:26 AM Read more >

Off-road or off base?

Q: Where can off-road vehicles - including dirt bikes, ATVs and snowmobiles - be used within the city? If people are operating off-road vehicles where they shouldn't be, who is responsible for enforcing the rules? What kind of penalties can people fa

Apr 13, 2015 8:01 AM Read more >

A courageous breath of fresh air

I am a middle-aged single mom. I have only one left at home, my 10-year-old daughter.

Apr 11, 2015 9:17 AM Read more >

A few thoughts and thanks

Thank you to the very nice lady that paid our tow truck costs at Value Village two weeks ago. When the driver told us that the costs was paid, it was a good shock! I have a couple of comments: 1.

Apr 11, 2015 9:17 AM Read more >

Cutting counseling will hurt students

I have been following the latest education funding cuts at the College of New Caledonia with interest and dismay.

Apr 10, 2015 7:52 AM Read more >

Red Scare a red herring

Re: Echoes of the Red Scare, Todd Whitcombe, April 4, 2015. What an interesting comparison between McCarthysm and the Red Scare to today's anti-terror sentiment in Canada today.

Apr 10, 2015 7:51 AM Read more >

Trudeau's new pal Duffy

There's a name that looms large in the Mike Duffy scandal that doesn't appear on the witness list at the suspended senator's blockbuster fraud trial.

Apr 10, 2015 7:51 AM Read more >

Alberta ain't no Texas

There is a lesson for British Columbia and for the rest of Canada in the sad story that is Alberta.

Apr 10, 2015 7:50 AM Read more >

Breaking down the science of cancer

Following up on last week's column, a recent pictorial on cancer in Nature made the statement: "Despite a huge amount of funding and research, regional and individual differences in cancer trends make it a hard disease to wipe out.

Apr 9, 2015 9:52 AM Read more >

Weighing the risk, benefits of incorporation

My mother-in-law grew up on a family farm in Wales. Uncharacteristic, as far as farm life goes, she described her early years as pampered and storybook.

Apr 9, 2015 9:51 AM Read more >