Opinion

Murals can energize space, bring people together and make them feel really positive, we heard from the artist overseeing the work on a mural behind Powell River Public Library [“Mural brings colour to community space,” September 21].

After engaging in what has effectively been some shadowboxing the past year, the NDP and the B.C. Liberals are about to begin the main bout as the legislature has resumed sitting.

Avenues to power and influence can take many forms and reflect many conflicting agendas as political events south of the 49th can attest.

For seven years they’ve been hooting in derision, vehemently objecting, voting against and generally shooting down government moves to make liquefied natural gas plants take shape in B.C.

Giving back to the community, and our country, is at the forefront of September 28 issue of the Peak .

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The internet might well be the innovation that liberated access to ideas, but the social media it spawned are swiftly evolving into the jackboot that suppresses them.

This column, on the topic of procrastination and motivation, was due last week. I missed the deadline. Although, I would like to say my lateness was an intentional act to make my words more authentic, or, have any good excuse, at all.

The recent threat by Ontario Premier Doug Ford to invoke the notwithstanding clause of the constitution may have signalled that provincial governments – some, anyway – may be prepared to take extraordinary moves to get their way.

I love to read. Anyone who knows me is crystal clear about my need to read. I read every single night at a minimum and as much as I can squeeze in throughout the day. Apparently, I am an anomaly among my friends with kids.