Opinion

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.

What do you think about this week's editorial cartoon?

The recent meeting of Canada’s premiers once again showed B.C. Premier John Horgan is charting a political path that over time will differ not only from his fellow federal premiers but also from his federal NDP leadership counterpart as well.

They buried the apostrophe the other day. He was a tiny little fellow, made even smaller by being curled up like that, so it didn’t take much to build the coffin. The only problem was, nobody knew where to put it. How appropriate.

What do you think about this week's editorial cartoon on the liquid waste treatment plant in Powell River?

I would like to provide clarification for the comments in the Peak last month [“ Regional water supply system study recommendation to go to qathet regional board ,” November 18 ].

Old Nick showed up at the Comox Valley Christmas parade on Sunday. No, not St. Nick. Old Nick. Beelzebub. Lucifer. Mephistopheles. Satan. As advertised. Courtenay Mayor Bob Wells saw at least four versions of the devil at Sunday’s festivities.