Opinion

Can someone tell me whatever happened to quaint old notion that it’s actually the government’s job to balance the budget? I ask this not necessarily on my behalf, but on behalf of Liberal leader Justin Trudeau who seems rather dismissive of the notio

Dear Editor: Two and a half years ago, and building on policy decisions made by the previous NDP administration, our government completed the analysis of this shared service and decided to contract linen laundry services to a private company.

Pitiful Human Lizard By Jason Loo www.chapterhouse.ca Pitiful Human Lizard was certainly not on my radar in terms of a comic book, but when I was emailed an early look I was intrigued. The initial interest came from the title being Canadian.

Welcome to Week CLXXV of ‘Fishing Parkland Shorelines’. Like most of us I am a novice fisherman, loving to fish, but far from an expert.

The Conservative Party is obsessed with the niqab, the face covering veil a very small minority of Muslim women choose to wear.

I spent one day last week watching the videos posted on the web where CBC news anchor Peter Mansbridge has interviewed each of the national party leaders and asked all of them some very pointed questions concerning their platforms.

View from the Cheap Seats is kind of an extension of the newsroom. Whenever our three regular reporters, Calvin Daniels, Thom Barker and Randy Brenzen are in the building together, it is frequently a site of heated debate.

Prior to the 1980s family violence tended to be treated as more or less a private matter. As governments started bringing in pro-arrest laws and policies, however, it began to change.

Snapchat and selfies, iPhones and iPads… There’s no denying technology plays a major role in the lives of many 21st century children.