Opinion

Just do it. Interesting, isn't it, how some people are okay with standing on the sidelines while others leap into the churning stream of life and start paddling away like it was the most natural thing to do. Consider Ottawa's Nathalie Gervais.

Last week Pique ran a column headlined "Do Olympic critics confront their enemies?" by Jesse Ferreras. I would like to answer some of Jesse's questions in the article.

With the opening ceremonies barely four months away, finally there is a little emotion bubbling to the surface of what have been the placid waters of the 2010 Olympics.

A lot of ink has recently been dedicated to Google Wave (wave.google.com), a real-time chat, social networking and document-editing platform that went into limited beta this week.

At first the name didn't mean anything. "How was your summer?" started the e-mail message. "I just read your article in Pique and I could see it's not been the easiest or funnest you've been through.

November 2009 is the five year anniversary of "Winds of Change: A Healing Vision." I've been involved with the Winds of Change since its inception. As a committee member the energy and momentum ebbs and flows.

Largely overlooked in the recent communications fiasco surrounding the library, how energy efficient it is or isn't, and what it's costing to operate the building, was the municipality's commitment to become "carbon neutral" in 2010.

I bought a Sony Cybershot camera last February to capture family moments and other than some concerns about durability (cracked LCD, sticky shutter over the lens, sticky control dial, all courtesy my now 20-month-old daughter) I'm thoroughly impresse

My father died this past weekend. Ravaged by Parkinson's Disease - beaten-up by a tsunami of heart attacks and strokes - my 83-year-old dad looked nothing like the fine young warrior who represented Canada at the 1948 Olympic Games.

I attended the lecture by Dr. Helen Lenskyj, whom Pique reported to be a "respected author on the Olympic Games," and was most disappointed. I found her comments on the aboriginal support for 2010 to be most condescending and lacking supporting data.