Opinion

It’s hard to fathom how two provinces located right next to each other can find themselves in such starkly different economic situations. Here in B.C., things are on a proverbial roll.

It’s taken a few years, but the B.C. Liberals have turned 180 degrees on the issue of foreign buyers influencing the local housing market.

Dear Editor: Re: Teardown and Out , July 20 Viewpoint. As an ex-resident and ex-council member of a condominium strata, I can tell you that most North Shore buildings more than 20 years old cannot be considered “affordable housing.

Dear Editor: Re: City Triggers Lower Lonsdale BIA Process , July 20.

With all these Twitters and Facebooks and Pokemons these days, there must be some people who wish they could go back to a time when you could still lead a happy, prosperous life as a tenor while believing that the earth is flat and changing the lyric

Vancouver Pride Week starts this week and, if it’s at all possible, we have even more to be proud about this year.

No mere app, Pokemon Go is the key that’s opened the doors of dank basements worldwide, liberating gamers from the tyranny of cords and couch grooves to track imaginary characters in real locations. The game’s flaw may be that it’s too compelling.

Dear Editor: The housing situation right across Canada is appalling. Since the late 1970s there has been very little if any rental or low-income family housing built.

Dear Editor: My disappointment at reading Trevor Lautens’ column (July 15) Tracking the $100K Club at WV Town Hall is profound. These numbers are presented with no context whatsoever.

In a world that has apparently gone nuts, a stunning act of heroism here at home helps restore the balance. That’s if anyone noticed? We should thank Capt.