Opinion

Some day, our hilltop house could be waterfront property. It won’t happen soon — certainly not in this century, and maybe not even this millennium. However, if global warming continues, the surf may indeed break at the bottom of our driveway.

There is a noisy restlessness to our culture. We experience a constant push to create, perform, and make things happen.

The outlook for most of B.C.’s 15 remaining mountain caribou herds is bleak.

Every weekday morning, I hop on the bus and ride up Fort Street. (Well, I don’t so much hop as crawl blearily, but you know what I mean.

To those asking about Jean Charest’s political legacy, the answer is quite simple: He saved the country.

Stanford: Before I tell you, you have to promise not to judge. Carrie: Do I judge? Stanford: We all judge. That's our hobby. Some people do arts and crafts; we judge. The more yoga I do, the more enlightened I become, the less I judge.

“Pretty amazing.”“Flabbergasting.”“This is quite jaw-dropping for us.” Those were some of the offhand reactions from Oregon state legislators on Wednesday after Environment Minister Terry Lake briefed them on B.C.’s carbon tax.

It couldn’t have been easier. My wondering how to register to vote in the May provincial election was resolved when a letter arrived with all the necessary information. Bring on the election, I said. I’m ready. Well, almost.

Until Monday, common-law spouses had no property rights under B.C. family law. Now, like married people, they have a choice.

Ten years ago today, Canadians watched live on television the “shock and awe” meted on Baghdad, as the world’s greatest air force rained precision munitions on one of the ancient world’s greatest cities. Thus began the second U.S.-Iraq war.