Opinion

Geoff Olson Columnist [email protected] Over the years, the paving stones on my home’s walkway have sunk into the ground at off-level angles, so the other day I picked up some bags of sand to even out the dirt below them.

K&K regretfully concludes its annual atonement series in honour of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, which this year begins the evening of Oct. 3 and ends the evening of Oct.

Ever heard of a guy named Jim De Hoop? I confess neither had I until I read his affidavit filed in B.C. Supreme Court last week regarding the Oppenheimer Park tent city. He is the managing director of social development for the city.

Re: “Mayors’ Council may expect Vancouver to fund Broadway line,” Sept. 24.

It takes a certain eye to be able to design. We often see designers crossing over from creating a clothes line to a cosmetic or shoe line.

So you’ve probably read or heard about COPE mayoral candidate Meena Wong’s proposal to tax owners of vacant properties. It’s getting some attention. Even made the national news. I’ll get to some details in a few sentences.

Last week, broadcaster Bill Good had the last word. After 50 years in the radio and television business, he decided it was time to retire from his daily CKNW talk show and sleep-in once in a while.

It takes search engines like Google a fraction of a second to find a universe of information about any conceivable topic. But try asking the B.C. government to locate data on a specific subject. You could spend months waiting for a response.

As a food policy nerd, I’m delighted to see the issue of genetically engineered foods, or GMOs, making its way onto the platforms of both the Vancouver Greens and COPE.