Opinion

I was surprised the other day when someone asked me, sports fanboy, of all people: are the Vancouver Canucks good for our economy? My initial inclination was to wonder why anyone would think otherwise.

Lotto Max players in the Prairies should really check their tickets, because one that was sold there is worth $65 million. A single ticket purchased in the Prairies claimed Friday night's huge jackpot.

When the Conservative Party of Canada fired Heather Leung as its candidate for Burnaby North-Seymour, the party’s statement included this howler: “There is no tolerance in the Conservative Party for those types of offensive comments.

Thirty years of working for community newspapers have taught me a lot of things. Like, if you run a horoscope, don’t accidentally leave out a month unless you like getting yelled at by Scorpios.

Heather Leung was finally ousted as the Conservative Party of Canada’s candidate for Burnaby North-Seymour – after more homophobic comments surfaced. I say “more” because it’s not like these were the first of such comments.

My history with steak is complicated. I grew up eating terrible steak thanks to my father buying the worst cuts of meat and then cooking them with all the finesse of a Thanos destroying a planet (daddy liked to cook the life out of meat).

Editor: Re: Our View: Arguing over a word just another insult to Indigenous People As a student, it feels like I need to continue talking about the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada to spread more awareness.

Chris Bowcock helps me sleep at night. This might seem to be a weird thing to say about the deputy fire chief for the Burnaby Fire Department, but it’s true.

If you are an average, health 30-something, uber-fit, kale-loving, clean-living parent with a young child, a jogging stroller and a dog that wears a bandana — you will likely get the flu this year, be knocked down for a few days and get back to work

A distracted-driving ticket issued to a Vancouver woman for charging her cellphone in her front-seat cup holder is raising legal questions about the use of electronic devices in cars.