Opinion

Tax dollars better spent elsewhere Re: City gears up for transit vote, Feb. 5, 2015 Even when I saw the headline of Westender ’s article, I could feel something in me tying-up-in-knots.

Distance put city living into perspective

The Canada Revenue Agency’s snitch line allows callers to rat out Canadians who hide taxable income in offshore tax havens.

I don’t buy lottery tickets. Unless, as it turns out, the prize is a place in kindergarten for our five-year-old. We learned yesterday there are 101 other families in our tiny downtown catchment area who also have children turning five this year.

Re: “Too many bright lights in big city for councillor,” Feb. 11.

“A lot of people don’t realize this…” As a reporter, I like hearing those words because sometimes it means I might learn something and, as a bonus, the new information might actually be interesting.

Yep, the civic election was in November. Yep, Mayor Gregor Robertson and his Vision team continue to rule city hall. Yep, that’s old news.

When she was just 12 years old, my daughter Severn gave a speech at the 1992 UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. She spoke with such conviction that delegates were moved to tears. It was one of my proudest moments as a father.

The most anticipated reveal this season was definitely Oscar de la Renta’s fall 2015 collection. This is the debut of a collection since de la Renta’s death in October 2014.

Apparently 100 questionably adventurous dreamers have been shortlisted to take part in a one-way civilian mission to Mars in 2024.