Opinion

I recently started to learn how to do a handstand. I’m not sure if there was ever a time in my life, even when I was a bouncy little kid, that I could do a handstand.

What do you think about this week's editorial cartoon? Have you read the story regarding a resolution calling for monitoring vehicle odometers ?

Paying taxes leaves a bad taste in the mouths of most people, but there’s a new one that feels like it will be easier to swallow.

It reads more like a press release than a budget, more like an annual report than next year’s plan.

Finance Minister Carole James is getting good at delivering balanced operating budgets. Her third one in a row unfolded at the legislature Tuesday and the game plan is to spend just a touch ($203 million) less than the government brings in.

It is apparent that the protest that began over a natural gas pipeline has turned into something much bigger. Ironically, it threatens to harm what this protest was supposed to be about from the beginning - Indigenous rights.

What’s the meaning of the word “sabotage?” It means disruption, damage and harm. Every time we repeat a harmful experience, we sabotage the chance for a better and more rewarding life.

As anyone who has been there on a weekend knows, Magpie’s Diner can be a bit of a madhouse, but never so much as when Townsite Actors Guild brought the tragic story of Zelda Fitzgerald’s life to a little stage in the corner on February 7 and 8.

Editor: I am writing to publically support the work of AccessBC and to provide a perspective from my nursing career that may add a human face to this issue. The economic benefits of funding free contraception is unequivocal.

The motives and validity of the protest shutdowns are up for debate, but the organizational prowess is beyond dispute. It’s a remarkable achievement to co-ordinate thousands of people in massive civil disobedience across Canada.