Opinion

If there is one positive thing to be learned from the whole Rob Ford debacle in Toronto, it is that a bad mayor can ruin a city's reputation but can't impair its smooth operation for long without the support of the council.

Containment of the ISIS threat in Northern Iraq has become the main objective of Canada and her NATO allies even as they send planes and personnel to the Middle East.

Among animal lovers, the phrase "put down" is used in favour of the clinical and scientific sounding "euthanasia.

To nobody's great surprise, Bolivia's President Evo Morales has won a third five-year term by a landslide majority. It's no surprise because Bolivia's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has tripled since he took office in 2006.

The civic election is heating up and as the local government reporter at the paper, I'm supposed to be all over that.

As faculty in the College of New Caledonia Dental Studies Program, we are very concerned about the misinformation that has surrounded the community water fluoridation issue.

We all face challenges in life. At times we come up against such horrific conditions that we fear for our lives or the lives of loved ones. It is said that, "There are not atheists in a foxhole.

A few months ago I was invited by both Pat Sexsmith and Lorraine Grant to attend a meeting of the "Quest Club".

When I was a little kid, October was a turning point in the year because of two things - Hallowe'en and the Sears Christmas Wishbook.

VICTORIA - Ageism can take many forms, however like any discrimination it has, at its core, a desire to stereotype an entire group of people. On Oct. 1, 2014, we celebrated the United Nations International Day of the Older Person.