Opinion

I was never really a whiskey guy," says Master Distiller Tyler Schramm, as he pours me a dram of lightly peated, 2012 Canadian single-malt, single-cask whiskey in the warm, bottle-lined foyer of Pemberton Distillery.

When my grandparents arrived from Japan in the early 1900s, Canada was far less tolerant than it is today. Women and minorities couldn't vote, nor could Indigenous people who had lived here from time immemorial.

As Japanese knotweed took over the U.K. in the late 1970s, widespread sampling began turning up several different forms of the plant.

Drive using your brains On the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 23, while driving north on Highway 99 towards Whistler, we witnessed acts of stupidity. The location was just north of Brohm Lake on the steep-climb straightaway.

There is a small but significant industry in the United States that predicts the "coming war" with China, and Atlantic Magazine is foremost among reputable American monthlies in giving a home to such speculation.

I have taken my kids to the voting booth pretty well every time there is an election of any kind. I have gone as far as voting early to make sure they can come. I take them to election candidate forums, and I discuss politics at the dinner table.

Volkswagen was caught cheating on U.S.

Diversionary feeding should be considered I would like to comment on the article "Bear Smart director calls for diversionary food program" in the Sept. 24 issue of the Pique .

Although Maclean's Magazine recently called it "The Plant That's Eating B.C.

In just over two weeks Canada will have chosen its leaders for the next federal term.