Opinion

The Editor, Concerning Highways Minister Jim Reiter's announcements heard on the radio Tuesday, February 8, suggesting building passing lanes to alleviate the heavy traffic problems on our highways.

Just so we get this straight, here's the latest on enclosed stadiums in Canada. British Columbia is just finishing up its renovation of that B.C. Place stadium in Vancouver, the one with the dome that will now be a sliding roof.

It's on paper, but it's probably not legally binding. Nevertheless, PotashCorp of Saskatchewan revealed its commitment to Saskatchewan on Monday.

The notion that you sometimes get from city folk that rural people get special treatment has always been rather irksome. If anything, quite the opposite is true.

Sadistic. Sadistic is a fitting word for the 24-year-old Victoria man who beat a 12-week-old pitt bull puppy to death in his hotel room.

Every now and then in world history, there are dramatic periods of revolutionary upheavals that roll across the landscapes of the human condition.

Jennifer's Journal

I was resting quite comfortably in the ER, in a special area set aside for patients who come in complaining of chest pain. It's like a V.I.P.

So much for transparency and let's bid farewell to their mission, vision and value statements. The Sun Country Health Region just hasn't been able to escape negativity these past few months. They just don't seem to get it.

The Editor, The grip of winter and influenza seem to go hand in hand. You may have been hearing reports of larger numbers of influenza cases in Ontario being referred to as a "flunami.