Opinion

It's the funnest job I've ever had," says Simon Westwood. "I'm outdoors, spend a lot of time with my dog, and see a lot. I wasn't much of a birder before, but now I notice a lot more out here.

What's up with the water? As residents of Nicklaus North Boulevard for 21 years and original builders, we are very concerned about potential destruction of our garden improvements due to proposed water restrictions by the RMOW in 2018.

Zofia Romaszewska, now in her 80s, was jailed during the years of martial law in Poland in the early 1980s. She is a national hero for her human rights activities in the 1980s and is now one of President Andrzej Duda's advisers.

B.C has a new government in place and while it is early days yet for communities closely tied to tourism to see what this might mean, it's clear that change is in the air.

Of all the plastic products we use and take for granted, plastic drinking straws are among the most unnecessary. Designed to be used once and discarded, their only real purpose is to keep your mouth from touching a glass or ice.

Garbage, were it not everywhere it shouldn't be, would likely be a topic of conversation only among waste-management professionals and archaeologists.

Bus parking needs revision I notice that the "no parking" signs have been replaced along Blackcomb Way with signs that read "Bus Parking Only — Violators will be Towed.

The first thing I see is the plaque. Shiny faux gold with "The San Franciscan" etched in old-fashioned circus script. The kind you might have seen over a saloon door back in the day.

'Make it good 'til the last breath!' I wish to express my deep and heartfelt gratitude to all who made The Chili Thom Experience a reality and huge success! It was so wonderfully heartwarming to see so much love for my son expressed by the community

There has been a growing recognition in the last decade that the world of the worker is quite different than it was for the last generation.