Opinion

On Sunday (Feb. 2), I was a part of television history. I'm not a huge football fan, but I couldn't resist tuning into the Super Bowl to watch Vancouver's closest American neighbour take on the Denver Broncos.

EDITOR, When I read your story about the rescued bald eagle ("Bald eagle sent to recovery facility," Chief, Jan. 23), I breathed a huge sigh of relief.

This evening (Thursday, Feb. 6) at 7 p.m. the "Light an Olympic Legacy" event takes place at the Brennan Park Recreation Centre (BPRC), just hours before the opening of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Re. Enbridge and tanker traffic. OK. The fact is, right now we need oil. How we get it is the issue. Use or buildnew pipelines to existing port facilities? Before Our Christy Clark was elected, she specified five conditions for tanker development.

EDITOR, I am hoping to be able to trace a former Royal Air Force airman who emigrated to Canada afrter World War II. Flying Officer Robert George Leevers, Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar, was an Air Bomber who served with No.

EDITOR, In a recent article in the Vancouver Sun, Peter O'Neil wrote that "[Fisheries Minister] Shea's decision overlooks Cohen's warning about the risks of fish farms, a warning that applies to all B.C.

An Eldercollege course for those 55 years and up in French conversation is planned at Capilano University starting on Thursday (Feb. 6) at 10 a.m. You will need to have a little background in French, either in your studies or in your experience.

Since moving out west from my native Montreal some 15 years ago, I've frequently been asked what I miss most about my former home.

It's true what they say - whoever "they" are with their wise and spiffy sayings - that time flies. It does indeed fly, right over the top of us, where it likes to splatter our finery with a big mess of "Boy, am I old.

For the second time in three months, the proponents of a mega-development proposed near Squamish have either been forced to, or seen fit to voluntarily, scale back their plans.