Opinion

Match the places to these film names: Lord of the Rings, Mamma Mia and X-Men. If you immediately thought of New Zealand, Greece and Royal Roads University in Victoria, then you understand how powerful a movie setting can be.

Conservative candidate Scott Anderson has recently taken a stand against “sign pollution” in his Okanagan riding. He’s reducing the number of political signs in his campaign, and he’s encouraging his opponents to do so as well.

A new study on sex work is further confirmation, if any were needed, that Canada’s prostitution laws are badly out of date and harmful. Two court decisions have said so, too, and soon the Supreme Court will pronounce. But there’s no need to wait.

Spring has arrived. Here are the tell tale signs: 1. Ollie the Pug is feasting on grass cuttngs. For some reason, our pug dog loves to eat freshly cut grass.

So, no more Times Colonist Heath Challenge...and where does that leave me? Well, I'm sitting here blogging in the lobby of the Crystal Pool & Fitness Centre, so that should tell you something.

As of April 1, the B.C. Liberals’ ill-fated experiment with the harmonized sales tax came to an end. As a result, you no longer pay an extra seven per cent tax on services you purchase. There is one exception: legal fees.

The Conservative government’s Combating Terrorism Act, S-7, originated in the Senate nearly two years ago, and has been making stately progress toward adoption by the House of Commons.

The phrase “child poverty” is cause to squirm — poverty is poverty, regardless of whom it afflicts. That is not to dump on the B.C.

The B.C. Liberals have recruited a veteran political voice to warn of the dangers of splitting the centre-right vote in the riding of Parksville-Qualicum. Jack Weisgerber, the former leader of the B.C.

Upon hearing that I needed to lose one more pound to reach my initial goal of 50 pounds lost: "Just go make big shet. You loose van pound like det." And, this is what he said when I reached that goal...