Opinion

B.C. Hydro’s recently expressed friendliness to power-hungry cryptocurrency miners could bode well for the province. But courting this new industry is a fine art that the utility should start learning, if it wants to have any chance of success.

Have you made a New Year's resolution for 2019?

It's that time of year again to propose a few New Year's resolutions for B.C.'s political class and this year there's a bit of a theme to the resolutions: transparency. No ill can come from it and it will fit into most holiday budgets to boot.

Officially, our province’s motto is “Splendour without Diminishment.” But looking back on the year now closing, a better choice might be “Expect the Unexpected.” Premier John Horgan led off the year with a political bombshell.

The Electronic Products Recycling Association of B.C. says more than 200,000 tons of electronics are recycled each year across the province since the EPRA BC program started more than a decade ago.

People living in the northern hemisphere have brought trees and boughs into their homes during the winter for thousands of years.

Ford’s decision earlier this year to gradually phase out their car lines (apart from the Mustang) seemed to catch everyone off guard.

The big-tent parties can heave a sigh of relief, while the B.C. Green Party can only look on despairingly as its best chance at escaping the political margins has vanished.

The NDP and B.C. Greens deserve full credit for taking such a kick in the teeth from voters with good grace.

I was delighted to find the article about the 20th anniversary of Powell River men's choir, Chor Musica, in the Peak [Men’s choir celebrates 20 years,” December 14].