Opinion

Editor: While visiting a friend in Davis Bay, we experienced a medical emergency.

It's that time of year where parties are in full swing - extra holiday cheer with co-workers, family and friends. There is nothing wrong with celebrating the holidays with some good cheer. What is wrong is not planning a safe ride home.

This is a belated column. Normally I gurgle on about books to coincide with the annual Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts. However, life happened, and another issue got my attention this past August.

If, after reading our front page, you're feeling sucker punched, rest assured - you're not the only one.

This time next year we will be welcoming back old faces to our municipal government tables or greeting some fresh, new faces.

Every so often Mother Nature shows us her true power. Unfortunately, that usually means destruction, heartbreak and loss of life. Mother Nature's fury was unleashed on the Philippines last week when a massive typhoon hit the central islands.

With just a little over five weeks until Christmas, I've been thinking a lot about my favourite Christmas tradition - giving gifts. Of course, with that beloved tradition, comes the need to budget.

The West Coast fishing industry is starting to respond to the alarmist reports of radiation from Japan contaminating the Pacific Ocean.

None of them were born yet. In fact, many of their parents were just at the beginning of their lives. They never lived the horrors of war, never experienced the loss of a loved one who was fighting for their freedom, fighting for what was right.

Growing up in Gibsons, Ryan Dempster dreamed of being a professional baseball player. In high school as he watched the Toronto Blue Jays win back-to-back World Series championships, he thought to himself it would be really cool to win one of those.