Opinion

Finance Minister Mike de Jong recently issued a flurry of press releases touting the high credit rating of the B.C. government by various rating agencies.

This hasn’t been the best summer for the homeless. Last week, property owners in a residential section of London installed what have been dubbed “anti-homeless studs” in alcoves to deter “rough sleeping.

It seems that not a day goes by without an apology being issued by governments of one level or another for the misdoings of our ancestors.

Amidst all the recent hyperbole surrounding the 70th anniversary of the Anglo-American and Canadian invasion of enemy-occupied France in the Second World War, which claims that it was the “beginning of the end” of the German army, we have lost sight

Before you run me out of town, let me explain. Perhaps "better" isn't the right word. Maybe "more popular?" Or at least dogs have owners who are slightly more willing to take their photo and send it to the newspaper.

[Topic: credit card currency exchange fees] The majority of credit cards issued in Canada charge a 2.5% fee for currency conversion. On an out-of-country trip, that can add up. A $1,000 US transaction might translate into $1,090 Canadian.

Maybe it’s not fair to compare one project in one part of government to another. It’s a $44-billion enterprise with thousands of different facets. They all have different priorities and most have nothing to do with one another.

With the federal government’s decision on Enbridge’s Northern Gateway oil-tanker and pipeline proposal expected within the next week, the political hot potato is definitely back in Premier Christy Clark’s lap.

A decision regarding the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline is expected soon, and promises have been made for world-class oil-spill response.

Another day, another multibillion-dollar energy play on the north coast. This one in the form of a refinery proposal for Prince Rupert, which comes with a political wrinkle that Premier Christy Clark tried to smooth over on Tuesday.