Opinion

Twenty years ago this summer and only a few months into my job at the Courier, my editor at the time asked the reporters if anyone was interested in heading to Vancouver Island to cover the ongoing protests at Clayoquot Sound.

Have you heard the joke about the blind insurance agent? Maybe not, given the fact that there seems to be only one such broker in Canada, (or perhaps the world) and many people these days are cautious about jokes that might seem to mock the physicall

To the editor: Re: "Here's the Lo down on cheap market housing in containers," Aug. 9. What a great idea to use something that already has a practical shape and integral strength to make homes that presumably will be affordable.

To the editor: Re: "East Side Cadets searching for space," Aug. 7. If only this story had been written 18 years ago! I grew up on Commercial Drive and I only learned about cadets through a friend of mine at Van Tech who was a member of 759.

I'm not great at telling long jokes. I can successfully complete "Angus the fence builder" with a Scottish burr included, but that's about it.

2013 marks 20th anniversary of game-changing protest

Re: "Be wary of cyclists who wear headphones," Aug. 7. Amen, Kristina Bangma.

Re: "Empty lot transformed into garden," Aug. 7.

Re: "City should reclaim Pt. Grey Rd. allowance," Letters, July 30.

Im not great at telling long jokes. I can successfully complete Angus the fence builder with a Scottish burr included, but thats about it.