Opinion

I recently took an eye-opening road trip across B.C. and back on Highway 3. The famous scenery exceeded my expectations, and I came home with a new appreciation of how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful part of the world.

I'll be the first to admit I'm not a major car buff. Ask me to engage in a conversation about baseball, the Red Sox and the Yankees, the NFL or the Vancouver Canucks Ñ and I'm your man. Ask me about how cool an engine looks, and I'm pretty lost.

So, what would you do if you won $30 million? It's an interesting question. We're sure many of us would splurge on ourselves buy a new car, go on a major shopping spree, purchase a dream home. A couple from England were faced with this question.

About once a week in this job, I meet someone who inspires me. Sometimes the person is a senior, like this year's Golden Girl Edna Husby, who makes a huge difference in a community by working quietly behind the scenes.

We're scratching our heads this week at word that Vancouver Mayor Larry Campbell has been chosen as B.C.'s next senator. Quite a feat for a man who tells all and sundry he's not a politician. And Campbell's right, he's not a politician.

A couple of weeks ago I was hit with pain so sharp in my abdomen that I actually fell to my hands and knees in the middle of the street. I had to crawl to the curbside where I waited for the piercing pain to end.

It was news we expected, but it's still hard to take. It's going to cost you a lot more to travel back and forth to the mainland, thanks to a fuel surcharge announced this week by B.C. Ferries.

Our court system is becoming a joke. We've made the argument many times in this space, pleading for a change to the way our courts are run. Again this week we make this plea.

I've had this weekend circled in red on my calendar for quite awhile. It's a big weekend for many people on the Coast. Gibsons comes alive with the annual Sea Cavalcade festival.

Accidents happen. But at B.C. Ferries, accidents have been happening lately at a rate that makes me nervous. We have a fleet of ancient, rusty boats.