Opinion

For Christians, the central event that defines our religious tradition will again be remembered and celebrated in just over a week - the death and resurrection of Jesus.

In the battle between environmentalists and the pro-pipeline contingent in British Columbia, the argument often boils down (as so many “leftish” versus “rightish” battles do) to a few slender talking points.

No normal person pays close attention to who is “in” or “out” as finance minister, and that’s a good thing. It means the politician in question has avoided messing up the lives of ordinary Canadians.

For thousands of years, residents of B.C. have had the freedom to roam our lands and forests. Public ownership of most of our forests has maintained this freedom.

This week, we got this note from a digital reader: " . . . I am so frustrated. Every time I try to read the paper online, for which I have an account, I can not find the link.

Update: If you have unwanted garbage cans because of Saanich’s switch to mandatory bins, Saanich’s website says you can: • take plastic ones to Syntal Products, 6722 Bertram Place, in Central Saanich; stand them against the chain link fence • take me

Personal admission: I lost my faith in the E&N Railway several years ago. It wavered for years as the relic Dayliner continued its slide into decrepitude.

If there is a Society for the Veneration of John George Diefenbaker, its president, treasurer and recording secretary is John Russell Baird.

On Sept. 30, 2013, Prime Minister Stephen Harper nominated Justice Marc Nadon, a supernumerary judge (effectively, a half-time or less appointment) of the Federal Court of Appeal, to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Morris Fish.

It’s one of the longest delayed reactions in history. Back in the day, former New Democrat premier Mike Harcourt got fed up with the continuing toxic fallout from a festering NDP charity-robbing scandal that occupied much of his attention.