Opinion

I once lived with a giant. Their room was next to mine and although most of the time I loved that giant and they loved me, there were times that they scared me to tears.

Theories abound as to why newly inducted Education Minister Peter Fassbender is seeking to suspend contract negotiations between the teachers and the B.C. Public Schools Employers Association. Fassbender is an experienced negotiator.

The spindly fig tree had been the subject of much coddling and care, and this year was promising a bumper crop. Then my grandson, standing at the window, said “Uh oh!” in that tone that means disaster.

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The most common question I get asked about our digital products usually has something to do with the subscription service for our website. The second is about leaving comments on stories. I have answered innumerable emails on these topics.

I tried to look at the website of Amalgamation Yes last week and this is what came up on my screen: “Website suspended due to high traffic load.

“What’s happening to Canada?” The foreign ambassador’s question was asked at a time when many Canadians were expressing doubts that Prime Minister Stephen Harper had no prior awareness of a $90,000 “gift” to Senator Mike Duffy from Harper’s chief of

The New Democratic Party provincial council meets in Vancouver this morning to conduct a grim post-mortem, looking for cause of death of their election hopes. There’s been five weeks of media analysis, so they have a lot to wade through.

During a recent walk through John Dean Provincial Park, Nature Boy encountered his first Calypso orchid of the year. He was so excited, he called the rest of us back to crowd around and join the admiration parade.

I recently attended a festival of preaching in Nashville, Tennessee. I know for most people the words “festival” and “preaching” may seem an oxymoron.