Opinion

For 25 years, women across Canada have met to recognize Dec. 6, the day when 14 young women studying to be engineers were shot dead at École Polytechnique in Montreal. It’s been our job to bring gender violence to the forefront.

A decade has passed since BlackBerry led the transformation of mobile phones into email and Internet access devices, now called smartphones. By the end of 2014, more than 1.

One less-commented-on aspect of the tragic murders of two Canadian soldiers in October was the swift — in fact immediate — dispensation of justice in both cases. The murderers (does anyone doubt that’s what they were?) were killed by the authorities.

The holidays are a time for celebration as we come together with family and friends for seasonal gatherings or at places of worship.

For the past six weeks, eight MLAs have been toiling away at trying to set spending limits for B.C.’s municipal parties and their candidates in 2018, as well as third parties.

Ferry users will have to be pried away from the show-up-and-go model that has lasted for more than 50 years if B.C. Ferries is going to succeed with major changes to its fare system.

Here we go again. Respected institutions such as the CBC and the Times Colonist are urging us to support our local food banks, and thus we loyal listeners and readers risk sliding into the belief that food banks are a good thing.

It’s safe to say everyone knows that smoking is bad for your health. We’ve all watched the emotionally charged commercials and seen the gruesome images attached to every cigarette package.

Or a STOP button....and I'm not even sure that I even have PAUSE. This is a bit of a problem when it comes to working, talking, fitness, eating, drinking, and well, pretty much everything. For example...

Why are some people spontaneously generous, while for others generosity seems so difficult? Generosity may not feel like a natural response to life. So often we feel there is not enough to go around.