Opinion

T here are two types of people in the world ... goes an old saw that has as many finishes as there are ways to categorize humans. Forgive me if a favourite is one I erected myself to describe my reductionist approach to parenting.

Is enough being done to warn of the dangers of illicit drugs? On Sept. 2, 2017, it will be three years since our son, Martin Janson, 19, died in Whistler, from a combined drug toxicity overdose of cocaine and sleeping tablets.

Coal, oil and gas are tremendous resources: solar energy absorbed by plants and super-concentrated over millions of years. They're potent fuels and provide ingredients for valuable products.

On Friday, Aug. 25 at 10 a.m., Premier John Horgan held a press conference announcing that his NDP government would do away with tolls on the Port Mann and Golden Ears bridges in Vancouver.

Whistler closed for the day What idiots thought it a good idea to have two paving events, north and south of the village, on Highway 99 on the same day? I bet the municipality was not in the loop on this because highways are a provincial matter.

London in March: five dead. Stockholm in April: another five dead. Manchester in May: 22 dead. London again in June, this time on London Bridge: eight dead. Barcelona in August: 14 dead.

Every year when Crankworx descends I get nostalgic. So let me tell you a little story.

As of today (Aug. 24), nomination packages for Whistler's upcoming by-election are available at whistler.ca/candidates .

Wildfires are sweeping B.C. Close to 900 have burned through 600,000 hectares so far this year, blanketing western North America with smoke. Fighting them has cost more than $230 million — and the season is far from over. It's not just B.C.

Given their cryptic habits and propensity for camouflage, looking for reptiles and amphibians is a scavenger hunt at the best of times.