Opinion

The justice system in this country is laughable at times. Two recent examples are cases in point. Federal officials are launching an internal investigation into a MySpace webpage about serial killer Clifford Olson that surfaced two weeks ago.

The level of senseless vandalism and graffiti in the Town of Gibsons is starting to take its toll on Town council and staff.

It never ceases to amaze me what a talented community we have. We have people who are conversant in so many arts they make my jaw drop in sheer envy. Sometimes, though, I wonder if we value these people enough.

It's been one of the hottest and politically charged topics to hit Sechelt in a long time - and it all came to a head on Wednesday night.

Last Friday, I attended a meeting of the Sunshine Coast Tourism Partnership, an upstart group of tourism entrepreneurs from the Upper and Lower Coast.

It was a scene no paramedic, police officer or firefighter wants to attend. A red Ford Escort had collided head-on with a white, late-model Oldsmobile sedan. Beer cans and pieces of twisted metal lay on the ground beside the broken-up vehicles.

No, it's not the title of a bad soap opera or an even worse made for TV movie, but I find the title kind of fitting when thinking about the debate over the Silverback development in Sandy Hook.

The fat cats just keep getting fatter. Last week B.C. Ferries' board members gave themselves a significant pay increase on the same day the corporation was raising its fares.

The fact that dangerous offender Blane MacDougal was able to walk away from the minimum security Ferndale Institution in Mission on Monday punches home the point that violence against women still isn't being taken seriously enough by the courts or th

This has been a most interesting spring. If I could sing I'd be doing a rousing chorus of Johnny Cash's "I Been Everywhere." Over a two-week course, this reluctant flyer has spent a total of 16 hours in the air winging my way across North America.