Opinion

B.C. is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a captive breeding program to protect spotted owls. With an estimated six of the owls left in the wild in Canada, all in B.C., that seems like good news.

E-Bikes can co-exist on Valley Trail I would like to offer an alternative opinion to the recent column by Joel Barde ("The Valley Trail is for everybody—but not e-bikes," Pique , July 11) and subsequent negative opinions on Class 1 e-bikes bein

I tend to go a little crazy in the summer. My mania is based on basic math: the alpine is clear of snow for three months (maybe three-and-a-half on what skiers and snowboarders might call a bad year). That adds up to approximately 15 weekends.

LETTER: For the week of Aug. 21

LETTER: For the week of Aug. 21

Humans are capable of doing some nasty things. One just needs to listen to a world-news report a couple of times a week to hear what violent and senseless acts are taking place in all parts of the world.

In an obsessive drive to rid Creekside of the scourge of invasive burdock (I'll write about this in another column), I've spent much time mucking along the sides of the Valley Trail, the verge of ditches, the margins of peoples' yards, and the edges

Fiscal responsibility at municipal hall Has this term become an "oxymoron" of sorts? In October of 2018, the majority of candidates running for election spoke of fiscal responsibility and "transparency" in government decisions at municipal hall.

We are two months out from a federal election and locally, we don't yet have candidates from the Liberal or NDP parties.

In the southwest corner of the Yukon Territory, 150 kilometres west of Whitehorse on the Alaska Highway, you'll find Kluane National Park and Reserve—a place you will write home about.