Opinion

Tight schedules, exams, projects, and lab work is over. Summer is around the corner.

Driving from Westview to Townsite without thinking about bicycles has been nearly impossible of late, regardless of the chosen route.

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To a child, a parent provides nourishment and protection from danger as well as his/her first opportunity to learn behaviours through modelling them.

Practitioners of microdosing are taking small amounts of cannabis in order to reap the medical benefits of THC while avoiding its psychoactive effects that can interfere with the demands of daily life.

Should the summer be a politics-free zone? I come from Saskatchewan, where politics dominated conversations over the long winter months.

I gather there’s some soccer thing going on right now. I gather that it’s big. This is not because I am voluntarily tuning in to watch. When I tune in, I tend to watch other things. Like Hell’s Kitchen, say. Or Fixer Upper. Or the weather channel.

Technology has a huge impact on our lives on daily basis. It has helped companies save billions of dollars, has increased productivity level and made us easy to connect with each other on the touch of a few buttons. We have better cures for illness.

Canada Day 2018 has come and gone but it is a reminder of the great country we live in. And what a great province British Columbia is. Perfect? No. Not by a long shot.

If you're thinking of barbequing this weekend, hamburgers and hotdogs may be the obvious choice, but don't feel restricted to processed meat as your only option.