Opinion

Far from being an unusual event, the ongoing train wreck that has engulfed the B.C. Conservative Party and its leader John Cummins is actually pretty standard fare in B.C. politics.

The Editor, The cowardly attack on 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai and another girl from Mingora, Pakistan has been condemned worldwide. The assassination attempt on Malala was in response to her position on education for girls and women's rights.

The Editor, As a professional in the mental health field and former school trustee, I was saddened and angry about the death of Amanda Todd. Based on the facts available so far, the system had failed her.

The Editor, Re: "Alice Wong tucks into bowl of shark fin soup," Online, Oct. 12. The staging of what can only be called a performance by MP Alice Wong of eating shark fin soup is an outrage to the community.

The power of pink has grown in the 22 years since Susan G. Komen began handing ribbons to breast cancer survivors running in the annual Race for the Cure in New York City.

I met myself the other day. I don't mean in some wishy-washy neo-hippie consciousness raising epiphanic moment way. I mean there was a bright flash of light in the backyard, and my older self appeared.

The Editor Is it just me or are the ugly tentacles of "political correctness" extending to Thanksgiving too? I seem to be hearing more and more people saying or writing "Happy Turkey Day" or people on the radio asking their colleagues if they had a g

The Editor, Re: "Clark aims to replace tunnel," News, Oct. 3. TransLink was created so Victoria could distance itself from the financial albatross that was BC Transit.

Can you hear it? That groaning, creaking sound like ageing pipes about to burst.

The Editor, Has anyone noticed that even with the countless letters in our local newspapers decrying the unchecked and half-heartedly regulated construction of mega-houses, the mayor and city council never seem to feel it is necessary to acknowledge