Opinion

People are scoping out every possible factor that could suggest what might happen in a likely minority government after Monday’s federal election. There’s an easier way to do this. Just look at Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s career.

Who is the best prime minister? Not the best for right now – our votes on Monday should answer that uneasy question – but who is the best Canadian prime minister ever? The question had never really occurred to me until last week.

Like Seinfeld, this election is a show about nothing

British Columbia will never get more than a few crumbs from the huge potential settlement being discussed in the U.S. over drug companies’ culpability for the opioid epidemic.

As you watch (hopefully on Global!) the election returns on Oct. 21, it may be worth remembering how the last B.C. provincial election unfolded and the lessons learned from the eventual result.

Climate leadership and action at the local level: it works and makes good economic and environmental sense.

‘Weaver has woven an exceptional covenant with John Horgan’s NDP to wrestle government from the Liberals’

Want to take over from Andrew Weaver as leader of the B.C. Green Party? It’s not too early to start thinking about it.

What do you think about this week's editorial cartoon? Will you be attending the Planning for a Community Where Seniors Flourish event in Powell River?

What is the direst crisis facing society today: addiction, mental illness, cancer, war, famine or, possibly, the extreme scenario with climate change? We only have one planet to call home, that must be the most pressing issue today.