Opinion



What library staff are reading this fall

Catherine Coles Coles’ Notes No matter what else you have planned over the next few months, I hope picking up a great book or two is on your list. Library…


What’s a post turtle?

While suturing a cut on the hand of 75-year-old farmer the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to politicians and their roles…


Election leaves H-LA in a better place

Save for a few seat flips here and there, Monday’s election night was largely inconsequential to the country at large as Justin Trudeau’s Liberals wound up with essentially the same…


Make your voice heard: get out and vote Sept. 20

Canada’s federal election is officially in the home stretch with just three days remaining ahead of Monday’s election night. That leaves four days for Canadians 18-years-old and older to do…


What I’ve been reading lately

Since I spend a lot of time reading, I often come across books that I would like to talk about in this column, but for whatever reason the opportunity just…


Trudeau’s comments are divisive

Over the last weeks of federal campaigning, I have been puzzled by Justin Trudeau’s ability to say the opposite of what he means. In one rally he makes grandiose claims…



Hospital protests a disgrace

Disgusting doesn’t even begin to describe the actions of anti-vaccine protestors blocking ambulances from accessing Vancouver General Hospital on Sept. 1. Equally as disturbing were the reports of demonstrators preventing…


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