Opinion

Great news everyone: I’ve discovered how to stop all of the bad behaviour in the world. No more going to war. No more overdosing on drugs. No more wearing socks with sandals. This discovery comes with an admission: I have a tiny Coke habit.

Money – as parents are genetically mandated to inform their children – doesn’t grow on trees. It grows on election cycles. B.C.

On Wednesday, B.C.’s minimum wage was the lowest in Canada. On Thursday we zoomed to the middle with a new bottom of $10.85.

Dear Editor: Having been over some decades a reporter and editor in a number of countries where there are different electoral systems, I would like to add my two cents to the present debate about the proposed changes to the ways we elect our members

I was hoping we’d make it through the summer without a bunch of dead bears scattered across the landscape, but it was a faint hope.

Another black bear is dead in North Vancouver after becoming badly habituated to human food and shot by conservation officers.

Dear Editor: Several months ago I was rushing to get to Lions Gate Hospital as I had been informed that my father had collapsed and was taken there via ambulance; by the look on the police officers’ faces, I knew it was very serious.

Dear editor: I am a renter in North Vancouver (East 12th Street, three-storey rental building) and am frustrated by the amount of second-hand smoke coming into my unit from other units and balconies.

As it increasingly looks like the federal government will approve the Kinder Morgan pipeline project, it will be interesting to see how the B.C. political parties react to the decision and how it will factor into next spring’s election outcome.

Canada’s electoral system is changing. Monkeying with the gears of our democracy is a daunting task but we’re all being asked to help shape our next round of ballots.