Opinion

‘Allowing the Keystone pipeline to be built requires finding that doing so would be in our national interests. And our national interest will be served only if this project does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution.” — U.S.

The unfathomable hatred that would prompt someone to try to bomb hundreds of happy little children is enough to stop you in your tracks.

Premier Christy Clark believed there was a good case for increasing the salaries of some political staff. She changed her mind, based on the public’s reaction.

All species react to danger because they must. Man reacts to inconveniences because he may. Dandelion reminded me of that.

School is out on the Island and the kids are free. Don’t you envy them? Can you ever recapture that feeling of freedom on the last day of school? After 10 months of imprisonment, the whole summer lies ahead, glorious with possibilities.

Watch for some compelling performances from B.C. Liberal cabinet ministers after they’ve had their $24,000 worth of coaching sessions on how to deal with the media.

We can’t help ourselves, it seems. Every time disaster strikes, we humans feel compelled to watch. Once. Twice. Again. And again. And again.

Around this time of year in 1991 we returned from seven years in a foreign country, with two barely school-age children in tow. We moved from a tropical island to, of all places, Quebec.

Today’s B.C. Liberals recognize the unique struggle facing persons with disabilities in our province. Our vision is simple.

For all the controversy manufactured over the B.C. Liberals’ plan to sell off government land, it’s remarkable how quietly it’s proceeding. The New Democrat Opposition fixated on the plan when it was first announced last year.