Opinion

The title of this column, CarbonWise, is the name of one of the programs that has been started by Climate Action Powell River (CAPR).

I must admit my jaw hit the deck when I read the headline for cancellation of the Munk Debate [“ Federal NDP call for cancellation of Munk Debate ,” November 2]. Full disclosure, I am right wing and conservative.

Do people like getting the flu? I have to ask that because in an Insights West poll conducted on behalf of London Drugs, 37% of Western Canadians are not planning on getting a flu shot. Personally, I don’t like getting the flu.

What do you think about this week's cartoon? Are you happy the fuel tanks on Powell River's waterfront have been demolished ?

With local elections barely in the rearview mirror, voting packages for the 2018 Referendum on Electoral Reform began to arrive in Powell River area mailboxes last week.

Ever since the legislature’s fall sitting began, the Opposition has been peppering the government with questions about community-benefits agreements. Those are the new deals through which many public-works projects will be done using members from B.

Concern for public safety and security in Powell River began over 20 years ago when residents in the Cranberry area started a "concentrated observance" of activities in their neighbourhood.

Politics seem to be like a pendulum: we swing over one way then, inevitably, we swing equally in the other direction, as if our collective behaviour is somehow influenced by gravity.

While U.S. President Donald Trump is not directly responsible for the mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue or the mail bombs sent to his detractors, he has helped create the fertile soil in which such seeds of hate can germinate.

The proofs for my children's school photos were released last week. As I was reviewing their forced smiles and strange expressions, I saw something that caught my eye on my daughter's photo.