Opinion

With two months to go before voters go to the polls to select their municipal mayors and councils, we see some interesting races shaping up around the Capital Region.

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B.C.'s private power industry has strong arguments in support of it, and the opposition is based on exaggerated or outright false claims.

The other day I wandered into my local watering hole, propped an elbow on the bar and muttered, ‘the usual.’ Moments later I peered down into the depths of my drink, admiring the frothy cream contrasting with the pretty blue of the ceramic cup and knew this wasn’t the bar of my youthful dreams.

If anything good has come out of the wretched aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, perhaps it’s the western world’s awakening to the horrific realities faced by so many of our fellow human beings.