Opinion

If the Liberals win the 2015 federal election, will this country be governed by Justin Trudeau — or by Justin Bieber? It’s hard to tell who’s who anymore, given Trudeau’s adolescent behaviour.

Next week, Capital Regional District directors will decide on the next steps for the region’s kitchen-scraps program.

I get uneasy when newspapers run April Fool's Day jokes. All day long, I find myself reading stories and wondering if they are true or not. I don't want to be the April Fool.

That's the first text I received this morning. The second was, "I just accidentally msged ninja that, not you. Ooops. Haha.

I love the TV sitcom about a Seattle Radio Shrink, ‘Frasier’ – a spin off from another great sitcom, ‘Cheers’ – and I recently had the chance to catch up on some old episodes, including one where he is looking for a catchphrase for his new radio show

Instructive signs that struck my fancy, encountered in my travels. My favourite is one posted on construction hoarding at Union Station in Toronto, above a door with a keypad lock, where you have to punch in a code to unlock.

For all the faith chief coroner Lisa Lapointe has in her authority to get to the bottom of the Burns Lake mill tragedy, Opposition New Democrats insist an inquest just isn’t going to cut it.

A letter came this week that succinctly expresses the frustration of many B.C. teachers and administrators.

After an excruciating six days, the Times Colonist app for iPhone, iPad and Android devices is operating normally this morning. New stories had stopped flowing into the app last week.

If you use rechargeable batteries, you may have noticed that your charger is unable to recharge just one battery. It insists on charging AAs and AAAs in pairs.