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Would your personal history pass muster in politics?
We've all done it apparently. Purposely running a red light that is. I'm talking, of course, about B.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark's regrettable decision to run a red light very early one morning after being egged on by her 11-yearold son. The illegal manoeuvre was included in reporter Jonathan Fowlie's lengthy profile piece in Saturday's Vancouver Sun.
Kudos & Kvetches
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservatives have unearthed a lot of dirt on Justin Trudeau since he became leader of the federal Liberal party. Almost immediately, the Conservatives began running attack ads questioning Trudeau's lack of experience, his good looks, his name appeal and willingness to take his shirt off for charity. Taking your shirt of at the Calgary Stampede or while picketing an abortion clinic, sure - but for charity?
Lessons repeated yield same results
Ten years ago I wasn't shy about speaking against the Iraq war and how people were mindlessly falling into line behind [George W.] Bush's efforts to drum up public support.
Riding change reveals contempt
Not long ago, Canada went through a process of revising the electoral riding boundaries. Here in Burnaby-Douglas, the proposal involved putting a major water barrier right through the middle of the riding.
Gunning for a chance at equal firepower
Interesting Matthew Claxton column on guns and America's Second Amendment (I don't second that amendment, Times, Dec. 24). I like the concept of sticking with the "arms arsenal of the times".
Rage can stem from small things
If I could redesign humans, starting from the ground up, I'd probably change a whole lot of things. But if I could only make one tweak, I'd add a safety valve.
Rage can be result of small things
If I could redesign humans, starting from the ground up, I'd probably change a whole lot of things. But if I could only make one tweak, I'd add a safety valve.
Rage comes from small things
If I could redesign humans, starting from the ground up, I'd probably change a whole lot of things. But if I could only make one tweak, I'd add a safety valve.
Dogs try urban herding
For one thing, they respond well to positive reinforcement, according to Shira Moir-Smith of Joyful Hound Dog Training Ltd.
Youthful psychos likely bullied
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me."
Sometimes hell is necessary
Yes, war is hell, and yes, anyone with "half a brain" does not "glorify war" [Some things to think about, Nov. 6 Odd Thoughts, TIMES]. But Remembrance Day is to honour the men and women who served and died for our freedom.
A West Vancouver woman remembers
A petite woman stood up at the recent North Shore Veterans' Reunion, a microphone in one hand, a cane gripped firmly in the other.
A wing and a prayer
WEST Vancouver's oldest living Spitfire pilot, Roman Roy "Wozzy" Wozniak, came closest to being shot down on June 2, 1942.
Poppy sellers reflect on soldiers' sacrifice
Sixty-seven years have passed and the image of a Hitler ephigy hanging off a rope is still fresh in Sam Omelaniec's memory.
Both slopes just as slippery
I read with interest and amusement the letter by Peter Bandi [Socialist emotions rule media, Aug. 30 Letters, TIMES]. He comments on the emotional strategies of the mean old socialists with much emotion but little substance himself.
