Opinion

The B.C. legislature resumes sitting on Monday for a brief fall session. The government has a few policies it wants to advance, and the Opposition has a few (hundred) complaints it wants to air.

It is fantastic that qathet Regional District [“ qathet Regional District receives climate change recognition ,” September 19 ] and City of Powell River [“ City of Powell River receives recognition for carbon neutrality ,” September 24] are taking su

The recent drop in temperature, mostly felt in the evening and early morning, is a sign of two things: fall has arrived, and so has hockey season.

If you are an average, health 30-something, uber-fit, kale-loving, clean-living parent with a young child, a jogging stroller and a dog that wears a bandana — you will likely get the flu this year, be knocked down for a few days and get back to work

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I’m afraid when I think about the planet becoming so warm that we can no longer live on it. This is an intolerable feeling. I feel this especially when I look at children and wonder if there will be a world they can inhabit.

The formal federal election call was made Sept. 11, but there was a moment in B.C. two days earlier that weighs heavily on one of the major elements of the campaign — climate change. B.C. watches that aspect from a unique position.

What is even more disturbing than the breakdown of our ecological world is the wholesale breakdown of civility that non-children (by virtue of birth year only) are expressing toward our youth [“ Editorial: Taking action ,” September 20].

The term “fake news” has been used a lot in the last few years, sometimes very inaccurately by presidential leaders, but it is a factor nowadays with the proliferation of information in all forms of media platforms.

At this crucial time, I am very concerned about climate change and it seems like our politicians are like salespeople who are trying to sell us a good deal on flooring for the kitchen when the front room is on fire.