Opinion

In today's world of digital tattoos, it's difficult to raise eyebrows about the extent to which our personal information gets shared. But this week, B.C.

Dear Editor: Re: 'Unsightly' Gantry Crane Disturbs Waterfront Vista, April 9.

It’s never too late to give up our prejudices and never too early to go negative.

For the past 10 years, the drug Tamiflu has been the last line of defence against flu complications. During the menagerie of flu outbreaks (swine, bird) and SARS, the Canadian government spent $77 million on Tamiflu.

"Everybody can visualize the oil on the beach and the ducks but they're not thinking about the evaporation of those chemicals.

" It's not what people don't know that hurts them, it's what they know that ain't true... " -Will Rogers "Economic Diplomacy" is the new buzz phrase in governance.

As the Canucks burn out, the Aquilinis fiddle with the front office. Coming off a season of highs and lows (well, mainly lows) the brass deposited Mike Gillis in the Canucks’ GM protection program and trotted out Vancouver golden boy Trevor Linden.

Perhaps reality TV shows and Kevin O'Leary weren't the Canadian cultural touchstones and content cash cows the CBC hoped they would be.

Decisions, decisions. Today's topic: Should I expiate on the Quebec election? Or deplore lives and minds so impoverished that a losing hockey season triggers mass civic depression? Neither.

Have we finally wrestled that voracious gobbler of tax dollars - the public health care system - to a standoff, if not to the ground? By that I mean the days of the system automatically devouring increasingly large amounts of money every year to feed