Skip to content
Join our Newsletter

Opinion

Editorial Cartoon: Sept. 30, 2015

Editorial Cartoon: Sept. 30, 2015

Opinion: Vancouver Art Gallery building needs redesign

Opinion: Vancouver Art Gallery building needs redesign

While I didn’t know what to expect, it was definitely not what I was expecting! This was my initial thought when I first saw a drawing of the wood clad pagoda-type structure proposed by the Swiss architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron for the new Vanc
DAVID SUZUKI: Volkswagen scandal is a sorry sign of the times

DAVID SUZUKI: Volkswagen scandal is a sorry sign of the times

Volkswagen was caught cheating on U.S.
Georgia Straight releases intolerable new beer

Georgia Straight releases intolerable new beer

Synergy. It’s a word we’ve mistaken for meaning the sexual excitement ones feels while performing blasphemous acts, and before that we mistakenly thought it meant the sexual excitement one feels after ingesting cinnamon.
Is Vancouver embracing reconciliation?

Is Vancouver embracing reconciliation?

It’s been nearly four months since Justice Murray Sinclair released the report from the T ruth and Reconciliation Commission. In Ottawa on the day of the TRC report’s release, Sinclair told his audience, “Words are not enough.
Mental health calls dropping but people still in need

Mental health calls dropping but people still in need

Had kind of a strange day Wednesday. Rode my bike to work and along the way I got an earful from a young woman standing on the corner of Commercial Drive and 10 th Avenue. I was stopped at the light in full bike gear.
Spin into great hair with Eastwood Cycle X AG

Spin into great hair with Eastwood Cycle X AG

Anyone who knows me knows I'm a fan of spinning and when I heard AG hair was doing a pop up shop at Eastwood Cycle , I was all in! Sweat it out for 45 minutes (the Icon is my favourite), shower then head over for a blow-dry.
A memo to Vancouver’s next city manager

A memo to Vancouver’s next city manager

Mayor Gregor Robertson recently fired city manager Dr. Penny Ballem, nearly eight years after he hand-picked her. In anticipation of the announcement of her replacement, I have prepared the following memo.
Inbox: Olson off on election column

Inbox: Olson off on election column

Re: “NDP has history of helping Tories stifle Greens,” online, Sept. 10. Regarding Geoff Olson’s column, Harper did not win a majority in 2008. The Conservatives won 137 seats, 18 short of a majority.
Inbox: Ballem takes fall for Vision

Inbox: Ballem takes fall for Vision

Re: “Vancouver city manager Ballem did not ask to resign,” online, Sept. 15. Once again, this time at cost to you and I of over $500,000, Mayor Gregor Robertson and his Vision Vancouver majority have missed the point. There’s no disputing that Dr.
$(function() { $(".nav-social-ft").append('
  • '); });