Opinion

We need renewed leadership on Medicare. B.C. is about to lose billions of dollars in health-care funding. That's because on March 31, the 10-year-old national Health Accord expires.

In the wake of the damning audit of the Portland Hotel Society, there's been a feeding frenzy condemning former directors and managers for their excess.

Dear Editor: In light of the recent extensive outrage over the egregious ripoff perpetrated by four sanctimonious socialists and one professional politician ex-spouse on the denizens of the Downtown Eastside and the rest of us taxpayers, the one key

Dear Editor: Eliminating door-to-door mail delivery to Canadians runs contrary to a fundamental principle of our democracy: governments are elected to provide services which maintain and, ideally, enhance the quality of life of its citizens.

Dear Editor: As a Canadian, I am ashamed we allow payday lenders to operate. They are like vultures that prey on the weakest of our society. Consumer Protection B.C.

Now that spring is upon us, it’s time to recommit to maintaining a regular, uninterrupted workout regimen. Consistency, after all, is the key to good health. Still, we all know life sometimes interferes.

Spring is upon me, which means it's time to clean ... which means that this stack of books that have been coming to my desk should be making its way out to readers! I'm having a quick-and-easy contest to give away several different books.

"New study says coal dust unhealthy." That's one of our headlines today, and some readers might think that it goes without saying that coal dust is unhealthy. Coal dust is not something you want to inhale.

It's not that often we have celebrity sightings in Burnaby, but the one and only Martha Stewart was spotted in the Lougheed GardenWorks location yesterday, the NOW has confirmed.

I'm not a "shoulding" kind of parent.