Opinion

What’s in a name? Re: “The sport of kings returns for summer,” Aug. 4, 2016 The sport of kings refers to horse racing, not polo...and yes, as a matter of fact, I AM anal retentive...

Canadians of all political persuasions care about climate action. Watching Canada fall behind the rest of the world over the past 10 years has been deeply disturbing to many. We became climate laggards. We yearn to be leaders.

Eighty boxes of books. That’s what I carted from one residence to another in a recent move. This was after culling hundreds of books: selling some at second-hand bookstores and abandoning others, like orphans, at nearby recreation centres.

Friends of mine live near Trout Lake Park. They are a professional couple with a two-year-old living on the main floor of a rented bungalow for $2,000 a month. There’s mould in the house.

Last week was a memorable week in Vancouver. Three important things happened. Two have been highly publicized: the announcement of a 15 per cent tax on residential real estate purchases by foreigners effective Aug.

Looking east across Boundary Road, it has been something to watch the buck-passing lately from Burnaby city council.

Alberta is home to two of Canada’s imperiled caribou populations, the southern mountain and boreal woodland herds. Both are threatened with extinction.

A ringing endorsement A very heartfelt thank-you to the person who found my wedding ring at the Vancouver Aquatic Centre and turned it in. I lost it while at the VAC gym while my usual haunt, the West End Community Centre, was closed for maintenance.