Free yourself with Lent

Well, it's February, and you know what that means. -- That's right-Lent.

Political machines rolling

The incumbent Liberals, the upstart New Democrats and the revitalized Conservatives all have candidates for a byelection set to be called in Chilliwack-Hope between April and July.

Always pays to be prepared

January is not Emergency Preparedness Month, but a series of events, if not actual full-blown disasters, have laid bare the need for planning both on individual and communitywide levels.

We are not 'pot doctors'

I would like to clarify a few issues regarding the Health Canada Medicinal Marihuana Access Regulations (MMAR) program.

Strike out on wage demand

B.C. public school teachers want a raise. And while some may label their bargaining proposal a hefty one and others may call it modest-it really doesn't matter because it's a non-starter.

Go to sleep, s'il vous plait

Despite being forced by my parents to take lunch hour lessons before it was offered in school, and despite taking courses right up until Grade 12, I don't speak French.

Not asking for a telethon

Finally, there is a name for it, this "condition" of mine.

Drug lessons not working

For a generation, "Just Say No" was the slogan hammered into our heads when it came to drugs.

More help for smokers

It has been said many times that there is nothing worse than a reformed smoker.

Election ban past due date

Some laws should be changed because they should never have been made.

Fear, panic & the new disease

Today we're going to learn about Totally Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (or TDR-TB), but first we're getting a history lesson.

We might as well ban them all

Statistically speaking, there are 16 people alive today who quite probably would not have been if B.C. hadn't enacted its distracted driving law two years ago.

Alien celebrity clones pregnant

If you're a younger reader, you don't really recall this era in tabloid journalism, which pretty much faded out during the 1980s. Those were the years when you could go to the grocery store, and hanging right at eye-level, between the Snickers bars and...