Opinion

The liquefied natural gas pace is quickening as years of backroom work start getting unveiled, leading to a final investment decision by the lead proponent that could now be just months away.

I used to get regular bulk emails from a B.C. activist about the perils of GMO foods, nuclear radiation, toxic trade agreements, climate change, and the like.

Young men and their inclination to engage in violent acts are much in the news these past few weeks. If they aren’t shooting each other in Surrey, they are carving each other up in Whistler . A fair amount has changed since I was that age.

As someone who has covered Vancouver Police Board meetings longer than Jim Chu’s seven-and-a-half year run as police chief, I’ve noticed a few things about the board’s relationship with the public. In a word: Inconsistency.

A lot has been made over B.C.

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to view a few very exceptional pieces from Guerlain Paris at Holt Renfew in Vancouver.

Green space should be scream-free Re: “Zipline in QE Park? No thanks!”, Vancouver Shakedown, May 14, 2015 Thank you Grant Lawrence for highlighting the proposed zipline in Queen Elizabeth Park.

The clever folks behind Vancouver’s only marathon road race came up with a way for more people to run the punishing 42.2-kilomere distance. They let runners do it in teams.

Buying and selling homes is big business in B.C.

Portland and Vancouver have often been accused of being joined at the hipster. They both pride themselves on their green-ness, weirdness, active lifestyles and general urban trendiness. But there are differences.