Naomi Lakritz: The politicization of everything is getting so tedious
CALGARY — Not everything has to be a political statement. Not every statement you make means you are taking sides politically. Yet, these days, some things that should not be politically charged are...
View ArticleLetters: ISIL terrorists, air strikes, Chrissie Hynde, rape, Titanic, Gordon...
If they won’t fight ISIL there, where will they? NDP leader tom Mulcair and Liberal leader Justin Trudeau say that ISIL is not our fight. When does it become our fight? When they are over here, raping...
View ArticleGordzilla in the City: Syrian refugee crisis requires a careful response
It’s easy to feel utterly cynical about the sudden rush of caring and concern being expressed by many Canadians — in particular our politicians — about the refugee crisis flowing from the 4½-year-old...
View ArticleLetters: Federal leaders, youth opportunities, Harper government, Syria,...
‘Three Stooges’ should help young workers The economy, terrorism, the refugees and on and on! While all three of Canada’s political equivalent of the Three Stooges are making either emotional or...
View ArticleLetters: Budget surplus, Harper, refugees, Syria, Lynn Canyon deaths, zip...
‘Surprise’ budget surplus an election trick, some readers say Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced a surprise budget surplus of $1.9 billion. Wow, and just before an election. Who would have...
View ArticleLetters: Pit bulls, Lori Wellbourne, Syrian refugees, Arab nations, Israel,...
What to do about pit bull-type dogs divides readers The two recent op-eds in The Province on pit bulls were oh so true. There are some pretty sick people out there who actually think pit bulls are not...
View ArticleJean-Sebastien Rioux: Harper the wonk largely has it right on Syrian refugees
The civil war in Syria has raged since the 2011 Arab Spring. In the past four years, more than 7.5 million Syrians have been displaced and four million have fled the country, almost 25 per cent of the...
View ArticleJoey Restaurants – Big Corporation With A Small Concept
After a particularly fantastic experience at Joey Restaurant on Broadway I wanted to know more about their concept. There was a freshness in the dishes that I’ve only tasted at farm-to-table...
View ArticleY.Y. Brandon Chen: More health care needed in response to refugee crisis
The haunting image of Alan Kurdi’s lifeless body lying face down on a Turkish beach, and the subsequent revelation of the Kurdi family’s intention to seek asylum in Canada, have prompted many Canadians...
View ArticleLetters: Terrorism, Conservative voters, fearmongering, Justin Trudeau, ISIL,...
Tory supporters’ fear of terror blinds them I feel sorry for all those Conservative supporters who have become convinced that the war on ISIL is the foremost concern of ordinary Canadians. Health care,...
View ArticleLetters: Surrey Pre-Trial, hunger strike, gangsters, Vietnamese boat people,...
We don’t get what whining prisoners demand, reader says Re: Hunger strike by prisoners at Surrey Pre-Trial Centre. I would like to apply for the same deal that accused gangland killer Jujhar Singh...
View ArticleLetters: Stephen Harper, refugees, niqab, transit fares, road taxes,...
Voters should consider what Harper did to Syrian refugees Remember the story of the young Syrian refugee boy, Alan Kurdi, whose dead body lying on a beach was captured in the famous photo? Recall how...
View ArticleLetters: Trudeau victory, deficit spending, change, NDP, Stephen Harper,...
Canadians will soon regret Liberals’ deficit spending Well, Canada, I hope you are happy with the choice you have made for prime minister. Too bad the rest of us will suffer from the decisions made...
View ArticleLetters: Election night letters and other comments on the Liberal victory
Hakuna matata Three years (of Trudeau deficits) equal $30 billion in debt and then the budget will balance itself. I intend to use Trudeau’s strategy at home. No worries, eh! Hugh Shirreff, Vancouver...
View ArticleAnthony Furey: With first move, Trudeau acts like a one-man show
Justin Trudeau’s first move as prime minister is to take Canada out of the fight against the Islamic State. We will no longer be fighting the terrorist group that burns people alive in cages, is...
View ArticleChef Boban On Sustainability
Corporate Chef Boban Kovachevich of Executive Hotels & Resorts is also the president of the BC Chefs Association. On International Chef day (October 22nd) chefs come together to give back and raise...
View ArticleLetters: Refugees, referendum, rabbi, soft drinks tax, sugar, heritage,...
Federal government should hold referendum on refugees Federal and provincial leaders are prepared to spend millions of taxpayers’ money to bring in refugees to Canada, who will receive many benefits,...
View ArticleLetters: Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, children, Bob Plecas, log exports, terror,...
Who would look out for kids if children’s advocate axed? If it wasn’t for B.C. children’s watchdog Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, where would our troubled children be? Who would voice concern on their part?...
View ArticleLetters: Smart meters, ISIL, bombing, CF-18s, Trudeau, terrorism, media...
We still don’t know the real total cost of smart meters Everything we have heard from B.C. Hydro and the provincial government about the stupid smart meters has been a lie or a gross miscalculation of...
View ArticleDavid Akin: Canada shouldn’t ‘ride free’ in war on terrorism
The world is taking notice, most recently at the World Economic Forum in Davos, that Canada’s new government is moving boldly to lead on some files. Foreign pundits and influencers nodded approvingly...
View ArticleLetters: Trump, Clark column, Isreal, BDS, Trudeau, bullying, special...
Trump is basically saying, ‘let’s look after our own people’ Gordon Clark’s column Monday on Donald Trump was interesting. I was horrified that someone spouting off like The Donald does could ever...
View ArticleLetters: Genocide, Israel, Gaza, Pickton, dog breeders, bike share, Donald...
Use of term ‘genocide’ about Israel is wrong Letter-writer Ramona Dawe’s use of the word “genocide” to describe the Palestinian-Israeli situation is absurd. The word genocide was coined after the...
View ArticleLetters: Pay phones, disasters, cabbies, Uber, bike share, Vision, Israel,...
Pay phones needed for when a disaster strikes Re: Pay phones. Unless something has changed since I took emergency training seminars about 20 years ago, in all the literature handed out, pay phones were...
View ArticleLetters: Jaswinder Sidhu, honour killing, terrorism, citizenship, tracking...
Reader ‘appalled’ court won’t send accused killers to India I am appalled that B.C’s highest court set aside the order to extradite Malkit Kaur Sidhu and her brother Surjit Singh Badesha to India to...
View ArticleLetters: Foreign investors, real estate, Jennifer Fox, Ghomeshi trial,...
What’s happening to Vancouver is a ‘second colonization’ I don’t know how much longer I can live in Vancouver or where I will go. The rents are too high and finding affordable accommodations is very...
View ArticleLorne Gunter: Apple should have agreed to crack specific iPhones
When the FBI in the United States went to court last month to force Apple Inc. to help it break into the iPhone of San Bernardino terrorist Syed Farook, it touched off an important debate: Is it...
View ArticleJake Beaumont: West should adopt Israeli security systems to stay safe
When it comes to airport security, Israel is regarded as the gold standard. On a daily basis, Israel is forced to deal with strategic, tactical and existential terror threats, while facing constant...
View ArticleGary Lamphier: Trudeau must show leadership for Canada’s biggest industry
“Prime ministers are not chosen to seek popularity. They are chosen to provide leadership. There are times when voters must be told not what they want to hear, but what they have to know … This is...
View ArticleGordon Laxer: More pipelines aren’t needed to supply Canadians
Would leaving much of Canada’s oil in the soil prop up Saudi Arabia’s odious dictatorship? That’s Joseph Maloney’s far-fetched case against the Leap Manifesto in his op-ed Friday. The boilermakers...
View ArticleLetters: Komogata Maru apology, immigrants, taxes, Sen. Art Eggleton,...
Home countries should apologize, not Canada Re: Komagata Maru apology. It’s interesting that nobody thinks to approach their country of birth for an apology because it was not able to provide them with...
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