Opinion

Bright and early Tuesday morning, thousands of children across the province and on the Sunshine Coast will be putting away their summer vacation thoughts and picking up their pencils and books for the start of another school year.

A historical point of democracy unfolded last Friday when the citizens of this province voted to kill the harmonized sales tax (HST).

When the news broke Monday morning of Jack Layton's untimely death, Canadians from Coast to Coast reacted with shock and sadness. Most had never met the man, so to see the outpouring of emotion by so many was truly amazing.

I think it's time to talk about the dog days of August. Not in the ordinary sense, after all, it is a little hard to complain about the heat when it's been overwhelmingly absent all summer.

Shining a light on the cushy contract folks at BC Hydro enjoy has lit a firestorm around the province. A government panel released a 132-page report on Aug.

She was simply taking medication, prescribed to her to help relieve symptoms of menopause.

Part of the job of being a reporter is attending meetings. My beat often requires me to attend so many meetings, I joke about seeing local politicians more than my own family.

While we're applauding the support that the District of Sechelt has pledged to give to a Coast-wide economic development alliance, we're wondering why it has taken so long for Sechelt and the other governments on the Coast to get to this point.

In recent weeks and months, we have been privy to several stories regarding hospitals and patient care in the Lower Mainland, or should I say the lack of patient care.

Being a working mom with two kids is kind of like watching a movie on fast forward - you hope to catch the good parts, but blink and they've whizzed on by.