Opinion

So Stanley Park turns 125 years old this year. Big whoop. If there’s one park that’s been coasting on its reputation since day one, it’s Stanley.

Peering into the Indigo holiday collection

Our emotional wounds may be self-inflicted

Among some tribal societies, a person’s True Name must not be altered or profaned. And in many of the world’s mythologies, to name is to create (“In the beginning was the Word”). So by inference, to rename is to damage or destroy.

And that’s what the B.C. Liberal government did last week with a bolt from the blue announcement that it was ending its decade-long fight with the state of California and electrical utilities there over whether B.C.

Editorial Cartoon for August 23, 2013

To the editor: Re: "Rebel 'hoods meet to fight city hall," Aug. 14. I am surprised and angered by planning director Brian Jackson's attempt to rewrite history.

To the editor: Re: "Camel, croc and kangaroo meat on the menu at the PNE," Aug. 14.

To the editor: Re: "Bike path decision appalls," Letter, Aug. 2.

In line at Subway on Robson on August 13, I was surprised to find myself behind a gentleman who actually said please and thank you when he was dealing with the person making his sandwich. I made the point of thanking him for being so polite.