Opinion

Editor: Life in Canada is increasingly unaffordable, and interest on student loans is just another way young Canadians are being knocked down.

There was another sharp yank last week in the eternal tug-of-war over the Agricultural Land Reserve. This one — toward preserving the ALR — is just as ingenious as the last big one by the previous government, which went the other way.

We support the work of community hatcheries, but building larger and more salmon hatcheries shouldn't be the goal of any wild salmon plan

Last week I stumbled across a most disgusting public toilet in downtown Vancouver. It wasn’t designed as a public toilet. Rather, it was a urine-soaked stairwell in the City of Vancouver-owned Gastown Parkade.

During the years that we have presented historical topics and programs, we have noted what the audience has found to be of interest and how specific that interest might be.

Editor: It takes a community to celebrate a life well-lived. I heard it said that grief is love with no place to go, but love poured into the Massey Theatre in honour of Tony Antonias.

There was a time when the words “Spring Break” conjured up images of college kids in a drunken stupor, partying it up in Daytona Beach, flashing their boobs and jostling their junk in hopes of making a cameo on MTV’s live broadcast of the festivities

It looks like the inmates have reclaimed control of the asylum. That’s one takeaway from the collective decision by B.C.’s MLAs to hire an esteemed former chief justice to examine allegations against the legislature’s clerk and Sgt.-at-Arms.

Editor: Gosh, what was all the fuss about? Listening to BC Liberal (and even a Green) MLAs, I anticipated giving up an evening to complete the exemption form for the new Speculation and Vacancy Tax.

Editor: Every time I'm asked to contribute more towards the expense of a growing community, I immediately wonder why I rarely hear mention of the developers’ share of this expense and the topic of better deals being negotiated with developers to also