Opinion

Last week’s cuts to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation — 657 jobs across the country — followed the slash-and-burn remarks from Tory Senator Leo Housakos, Conservative Vice-Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Transport and Communications.

The déjà vu Criminal Justice Branch report this week on why again no charges will be laid in another mill explosion put enormous pressure on the government to shake up WorkSafe B.C. and force improvements in its accident investigations.

There are a few cardinal rules I live by when it comes to fashion such as staying open to something new, balance, comfort and finding a great deal. Just because you’re craving designer items doesn’t mean you have to spend like you’re buying one.

As reported in the Courier , it appears that free Wi-Fi is coming to Vancouver parks and beaches… because how else can one truly enjoy this city’s soothing shores and wooded wonderland if they’re forced to upload pics of said soothing shores and wood

According to a recent item in the Associated Press , the U.S. government secretly created a “Cuban Twitter” to undermine Cuba’s communist government by causing unrest among its citizens. Which, if you ask us, sounds both creepy and kind of absurd.

Re: “Vancouver DPAC chair gets vocal about budget cuts,” April 11.

Most people (including myself) have been told that gossiping is bad and that this sort of idle chatter corrodes any true form of conversation that benefits anyone. I’ll be the first to admit that my not so secret indulgence is celebrity gossip.

Geez, I should really check my junk email inbox more often.