Opinion

New Democrat MLA Jenny Kwan got a snap unpaid leave of absence approved Monday, notwithstanding that up until now in the legislature, there has been no such thing.

They found the bottle of paint, and all the frustration and anger of “losing” their school boiled over. The paint was hurled across the classroom. Other paint bottles followed, splashing the walls, the windows and the carpeted floor.

Maybe you’ve experienced this. (OK, maybe not; I’m especially fashion challenged.) For more years than I can remember, I’ve been buying a certain brand of socks. They were always the same colour, black, to make post-laundry sorting easier.

New Democrat MLA Lana Popham says a “dummy company” from Toronto is poised to start a near-monopoly on recycling in B.C. A new recycling system under an organization called Multi-Materials B.C.

I’m going with a bit of a different approach to Lent this year. More and more, I see Lent as a time to focus on giving things up that might be weighing me down.

The much-publicized Arab Spring revolution three short years ago is now going through a further phase, with important implications not just for that violence-plagued region, but also far beyond.

The threat to national unity is serious. If this keeps up, the country could easily split apart, with communications severed and people from one region refusing to speak to relatives and former friends in another.

The Feb. 27 headline, “Ocean acidity wipes out 10M scallops; Mass die-off near Qualicum Beach ominous sign for shellfish harvest,” should have hit British Columbians like a punch in the stomach.

At first glance, the spending scandal at Vancouver’s main social service agency is incomprehensible.

We can relax. The Sooke Reservoir is filled to capacity — once again, and at last. The series of storms that recently charged across the region did the honours.