Opinion

It seemed like half of Powell River, or more, came down to Hulk Beach on Sunday, January 13, to admire the several hundred sea lions gathered on the breakwater and in the log dump [ Sea Lions captivate Powell River residents ,” January 18].

I’ve got a surrealistic image in my mind of a gigantic dome made of a transparent, stretchy material and packed tightly with stuff. I call it Obsolete, a kind of heaven (or hell) of things that were banished because they were deemed useless.

Something went awry in the last City of Powell River election, but it was not the fault of voters, at least not the majority of them.

What do you think of this week's cartoon. Have you been down to Powell River's waterfront to check out the huge number of seals congregating at Second Beach?

There I was: at the dry cleaner, picking up a coat, a sweater and two pairs of pants. The attendant turned on the whirly-go-round — or whatever it happens to be called — and waited until my apparel arrived.

The federal election is still more than 10 months away, but there are growing indications it is going to be a bitter campaign based on the ugliness currently out there. The disturbing rancor on social media will bleed into the campaign.

The government of British Columbia ought to be applauded for implementing a provincewide mental-health and substance-use counselling and referral phone service for children, youth, young adults and post-secondary students.

That coughing and sputtering you hear at work and at home is flu season in full swing. It’s hitting kids and middle-aged adults hard this year. So wash your hands, get the flu shot and do your best not to spread the bug around.

I find myself on the edge of 50 years old, but in some ways it feels like just last week I was 29. I’ve been looking all over for those two missing decades and I’m starting to suspect they’re never to be found.

Watching Canada lose in a best-on-best hockey tournament at any level is a tough pill to swallow. Defeat is magnified even more when it happens on home ice, such as Team Canada’s recent quarterfinal loss at the World Junior Hockey Championships.