Opinion

As major development proposals piled up in B.C. over the past few years, a phrase started cropping up more and more often in discussions about their implications. “Social licence.

Last week, Lyme disease patients across Canada cheered as Elizabeth May’s private member’s bill on Lyme disease passed third reading.

We share links to a lot of our stories on Facebook. We do this because it's where potential readers are. More than one billion of them, in fact.

In any organization, it helps employees to remain committed and effective if confusion about the lines of authority is minimal.

People in the core-area communities are already paying too much for a sewage-treatment plan that can never happen. It is past time for our region to get moving on high-quality, affordable sewage treatment.

Terror as a weapon is not at all uncommon in the history of human conflict. When we are terrorized from without, we react convulsively like a frog that has found itself suddenly in hot water.

I know the slogan is “Red Bull gives you wings” but I think it should be “Tour de Rock gives you wings.” Because, thanks to all the TDR training, I was able to do accomplish something I never thought I would: I completed my first triathlon on Sunday.

I used chopsticks pretty much exclusively in childhood. Knives and forks were a novelty.

Teachers and the B.C. government seem to be one percentage point apart after three bruising weeks of strikes and lockouts. But the gap between the two sides is a lot bigger than that.

A middleaged, busy mom's attempt to run her first marathon in New York in November. I have found two sisters - twins Madge and Mary - who coach runners online. Being mortal and needing all the help I can get, I'm looking forward to their guidance.