Opinion

I am an avid kayaker and have enjoyed kayaking in Burrard Inlet for over 40 years. The inlet truly is a treasure and the perfect destination for a day paddle.

One billion dollars over three years. It’s such a mind-boggling amount of money that most of us can’t begin to conceive of what it really means. That’s the amount of money that Finance Minister Carole James pledged for child care in the B.C.

Tomorrow is International Women’s Day, and we will resist the temptation to say, “You’ve come a long way, baby.” Although it is true and yet ironic in so many ways.

As they settle into the unfamiliar – for them, anyway – role of Official Opposition, the B.C. Liberals are slowly starting to figure what issues may or may not work for them.

Dear Editor: A few thoughts on Burnaby Hospital seeing as it made recent headlines. Being ignored in the latest provicial budget provided that opportunity. The staff there do their very best with the conditions under which they work.

Dear Editor: With all the jingoism over Kinder Morgan’s pipeline expansion creating jobs – and almost all of it temporary work – it’s conspicuous how there’s no mention of creating actual long-term employment by processing enough of our own crude to

Dear Editor: Michael Jackson’s nose job comes quickly to mind for the kind of “improvement” made to the Metrotown SkyTrain station.

Though most of the discussion over last week’s B.C. budget was focused on mansions and taxes, there was one item we were pleased to see: $50 million for revitalization of Indigenous languages.

If you pay attention to political and economic cycles, you would know there is no more placid and inert place than the one the Justin Trudeau government finds itself.

Some may find it hard to believe that something as seemingly innocuous as a photo on a cellphone, a tweet or a comment on Facebook can amount to much of anything.