Opinion

The United Nations recently criticized Canada’s treatment of detained immigrants and asylum seekers, many of whom are held by the Canada Border Services Agency in provincial jails until their cases are decided.

Where do we go from here with the teachers’ strike? For teachers, for government — continue the fight. For the public — get the kids back in school.

When I was a kid, my dad took me to a public lecture in Winnipeg about the Franklin expedition. What I remember most was the slide show, including photographs of corpses, bound in graveclothes and grinning through blackened lips.

[Updated with award winners.] Esquimalt Ribfest is over for another year. Award winners were announced on Sunday. Here's a link to a YouTube video of the award presentations.

The B.C. Ferry Corporation is a well-run outfit with a moderate payroll that meets all the world standards for on-time performance and safety.

When you stand on the new Glacier Skywalk, just off the Icefields Parkway in Jasper National Park, you can look down into the depths of the Sunwapta Valley 280 metres beneath your feet and up at the heights of the Continental Divide around you.

A few years ago, my friend’s daughter made a decision that seems very unusual in today’s “secular” Canada. She decided to go to a university that was close to a church she wished to attend.

The No side is nervous. As the historic vote on independence approaches, the Yes side is edging ahead. Amid apocalyptic predictions of disunion, the currency is sliding and the politicians are panicking.

With the B.C. Teachers’ Federation calling for arbitration to settle the school strike, it’s worth asking: Is this a good idea? The public certainly thinks so. The polls I’ve seen suggest something like a two-to-one majority in favour.

The proposed First Nations Education Act has “had a great fall,” much like Humpty Dumpty. The latest deal, announced with great fanfare by Assembly of First Nations Chief Shawn Atleo and Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Feb.