Opinion

We celebrated at my son's high school graduation dinner last Friday. I was reminded of the novelty of staying up all night when I was 17, and at 4 a.m.

The work is almost done. You've accumulated a nest egg that will assure the retirement lifestyle you planned for. The golf course beckons, as does that year-long world cruise. You're happy...

The Editor, Re: "Tanker study puts lives at risk: VAPOR," News, June 12.

The Editor, Re: "Clinic: Early baby scans a 'Chinese' thing," News, June 15. Although the practice of aborting babies because they happen to be girls is disgusting to many of us Canadians, it should not come as a surprise that it happens here.

In Italy they've been doing it since time immemorial, and it's finally catching on here. I'm talking about eating wild plants - some call them weeds.

Politicians and governments can get into trouble because of their legislative policies, but a more serious kind of trouble can emerge from something else: a lack of respect. And that is precisely the problem facing Premier Christy Clark right now.

A year after the Stanley Cup riot in Vancouver, the anniversary was marked largely by paperwork. On Friday, Crown prosecutors approved charges agains 10 more people, bring the total number to 114.

The Editor, Re: "Deadly numbers game," Editorial, June 8. I'm going to have to stop reading The News! I was taking a quick break between agenda items, I sat down for a coffee and started reading on June 8.

Open letter to MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay, I am disturbed by the way RCMP contract agreements are being forced onto the municipalities by negotiators.

Tick- Tick- Tick- Each second ticks by, disappearing forever into history, never to be experienced again by anyone living on this side of Tralfamadore.