Opinion

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.

As we celebrate Canada Day Sunday, here is a thought worth pondering. How many British Columbians can say they have visited all 10 provinces? How many of us have been to the Yukon, Northwest Territories or Nunavut? The obstacles are obvious.

Contrary to the opinions of most non-Canadians, our citizens can be loud, proud and patriotic. The polite and welcoming nature waiting for visitors is not false advertising, and being humble, from our perspective, is a virtue, not a weakness.

What do you think former Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper is up to?

After some of the 40 or so protesters at our "We Need A Law" event on Saturday began tromping on our flags and pulling them out of the ground, the Powell River Pro-Life president approached a woman and her son to say we didn't want the flags pulled u