Opinion

In a recent interview, outgoing University of B.C.

I don't ride Douglas Street often, even though it has a bike lane, out of choice. Quite frankly, there are more pleasant ways for me to get where I'm going.

Summer calls. Many youngsters stand at the leading edge of the season and anticipate two months of endless days, sunshine, mucking around and running about.

I’m sure that people who read my column regularly are tired, by now, of reading about street harassment.

This year there was an extra reason to celebrate July 1, beyond the fact that our sometimes troubled Confederation made it through another year intact. I refer to the coming into effect of the federal government’s new anti-spam legislation.

Since 2006, British Columbia has spent more than a billion dollars to improve primary health care. Have B.C. patients benefited from such a massive investment? Sadly, no.

Last year, 12,281 registered lobbyists roamed the corridors of power in Washington, D.C., a city that sees itself as the most powerful in the world. Comparatively, one would imagine that British Columbia might have a few hundred or so at most.

You’d never know it from the government’s near-total silence on the matter, but this week, Canada has a chance to shape the world order of the 21st century.

If B.C. decided to proceed with the construction of the hydro-electric generation dam at Site C, the lasting legacy would be one of wealth destruction. The huge cost of $7.

Inspired by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a broad alliance of faith communities took to Victoria’s streets last Saturday to lift up the healing of the tar-sands through ritual, prayer and reflection.