Opinion

Eckcetera

A commentary by a former Times Colonist columnist. With summer a distant memory and days at their shortest, here’s an experiment you might want to try.

What do you think the resolutions should be for the Powell River area, aka the Pearl on the Sunshine Coast, in 2020? Enter to win a one-year subscription with your thoughts/comments below. The winner will be chosen on Wednesday, January 8.

Here’s a nice thing about Victoria: Nobody was looking for Prince Harry on Horth Hill on Friday.

The passage into a new year often means little in politics, as many issues and controversies have a staying power that far exceeds a change in the calendar.

Adrian Raeside on our priorities (being prepared for an earthquake is not at the top of the list).

While Premier John Horgan says his government needs to “renew” and “refresh” itself, the same can be said of the BC Liberals sitting in opposition.

Here’s the optimistic version: If they’re going to unveil a permanent fix for the Malahat anyway, it would be nuts to chuck a bucket of money at an emergency-detour route. But that’s a big if.

The school curriculum has a very precise, strict and confining air about it. There are rules set in place, and steps to follow if we want to succeed.

Forget about a snap election call in the coming year. Instead, keep an eye out for a looming cabinet shuffle. That much was made clear to me by Premier John Horgan in our annual year-end interview on Global.