Opinion

It is easy to overstate junctures in a government’s history as important, but there is no doubt that John Horgan’s B.C. NDP administration finds itself neck deep in mid-term competence tests.

Years ago, in that more trusting era when men wore hats and the planet was our smoking section, 20,679 physicians agreed that Lucky Strike cigarettes were less irritating to the throat. After all, they were toasted.

Don Cherry talked for a living for 39 years. With his inappropriate comments on Saturday, November 9, the 85-year-old hockey commentator managed to talk himself out of a job. Sportsnet was right to remove Cherry from his position.

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I fully agree with Mr. Francescutti’s statements regarding the old incinerator site, and that it should be kept as parkland [“ Resident opposes location of new Powell River resource-recovery centre ,” October 18].

Remember in the first Austin Powers movie where the arch-fiend Dr. Evil quite rightly vented frustration to his henchpeople over how the specifications for his torture chamber were not fulfilled? “I have one simple request.

If you are a parent with a child in the B.C. public school system, the recently released report by a labour mediator on the bargaining situation for teachers and their employers makes for bleak reading. The 60-page report by B.C.

Elizabeth May’s departure as the federal Green party leader is a loss and a gift. If, as the saying goes, 80 per cent of life is showing up, it is also true that 80 per cent is knowing when to leave.

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Regarding the article about improving handyDART services in Powell River [“ Region’s transit system an area of concern for seniors ,” October 3], both my sister and I have been regular users of this service and we feel the drivers have not only been