Opinion

BC Cancer- Victoria hosted an open house on Oct. 5, 2019. (Evan Taylor/News Staff)

OPINION: B.C. Black Press editor starts his personal cancer ‘journey’

Many cancer survivors describe their experiences as a “journey.” I am embarking…

  • May 1, 2024
Construction of the Dewdney Trail near Rossland c. 1865

The Old West: The Dewdney Trail and Fort Steele – Part 1

A column by Bruce Uzelman

Readers share responses to a series of recent columns. (PQB News file)

WOLF: Don’t fiddle with your belly button, your bum will fall off

COLUMN: Readers take over with amusing, insightful responses

Coal was the best dog I ever knew. He passed away months shy of his 13th birthday in mid-February. Photo by Brendan Kyle Jure/Campbell River Mirror.

JURE: Saying goodbye to my dog is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do

After nearly 13 years of friendship, I was not prepared for it to end

Coal was the best dog I ever knew. He passed away months shy of his 13th birthday in mid-February. Photo by Brendan Kyle Jure/Campbell River Mirror.
This lollipop was on the ground for less than five seconds. Still good? (Philip Wolf photo)

WOLF: Do you follow the ‘5-second rule’ when it comes to food?

COLUMN: Interesting old tales have a long shelf life in my mind

This lollipop was on the ground for less than five seconds. Still good? (Philip Wolf photo)
Robert’s column

BARRON: Dementia in the family difficult for everyone concerned

It hurts when I see this lack of recognition from this tender-hearted and loving woman

Robert’s column
Lana Popham, Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito)

POPHAM: B.C.’s tourism industry a resilient economic driver

Tourism Week is a time to reflect on and celebrate one of…

  • Apr 17, 2024
Lana Popham, Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito)
Train

The Old West: The railway war in early B.C. – CPR vs GNR

A column by Bruce Uzelman

Train
(Facebook photo)

WOLF: Don’t yell at the refs or you may get hurt yourself

COLUMN: Consequences for full-throated ‘advice’ for officials

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Carson Binda, the B.C. director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, stood outside Premier David Eby’s constituency office in Vancouver on March 21, 2024, demanding that he oppose the upcoming carbon tax hike. (Jane Skrypnek/Black Press Media)

Political Spin: The hard facts around the carbon tax

A column by Bruce Uzelman

Carson Binda, the B.C. director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, stood outside Premier David Eby’s constituency office in Vancouver on March 21, 2024, demanding that he oppose the upcoming carbon tax hike. (Jane Skrypnek/Black Press Media)
The sun sets on the central coast of Oregon on Good Friday, March 29, 2024. (Jessica Peters/Chilliwack Progress)

COLUMN: An Easter weekend on the road leads to a new love for Oregon

‘I have been craving the seaside and needing the solitude,’ says Chilliwack Progress editor

The sun sets on the central coast of Oregon on Good Friday, March 29, 2024. (Jessica Peters/Chilliwack Progress)
Some of the stitches Philip Wolf picked up during a bout with flesh-eating disease in 2002. (Heather Prestage photo)

WOLF: Can you remember the stories behind all of your stitches?

COLUMN: Every scar provides a unique memory

Some of the stitches Philip Wolf picked up during a bout with flesh-eating disease in 2002. (Heather Prestage photo)

Political Spin: Canadians are becoming poorer

A column by Bruce Uzelman

The trusty old Rawlings glove sits flat, unused and lonely for another baseball season. (Philip Wolf photo)

WOLF: No taking me out to the ballgame again this year

COLUMN: Sights, sounds of spring not the same without baseball

The trusty old Rawlings glove sits flat, unused and lonely for another baseball season. (Philip Wolf photo)
A photograph by Frank Cyril Swannell taken on July 2, 1910, showing a stuck freight wagon near Mile 153 on the Cariboo Road. (Facebook)

The Old West: The Caribou Road, Lillooet and exceptional Bralorne gold

A column by Bruce Uzelman

A photograph by Frank Cyril Swannell taken on July 2, 1910, showing a stuck freight wagon near Mile 153 on the Cariboo Road. (Facebook)
Carol Peters and Diane Garner lay items of personal importance to them on a blanket prior to a sharing circle as part of the KAIROS blanket exercise. (Jessica Peters/Black Press Media)

OPINION: Kairos blanket exercise a lesson in empathy, not white guilt

‘We were all trying to survive, the loss of our once large space was still very clear in our minds’

Carol Peters and Diane Garner lay items of personal importance to them on a blanket prior to a sharing circle as part of the KAIROS blanket exercise. (Jessica Peters/Black Press Media)
The Old West: Greenwood and the Boundary Country, circa 1895

The Old West: Greenwood and the Boundary Country, circa 1895

A column by Bruce Uzelman

The Old West: Greenwood and the Boundary Country, circa 1895
A 1980s-era small TV required close promixity to the watcher for channel-changing purposes. (Facebook photo)

WOLF: The TV might be on but is anyone actually watching?

COLUMN: Viewing habits have vastly changed over the years

A 1980s-era small TV required close promixity to the watcher for channel-changing purposes. (Facebook photo)
Amanjit Pannu reflecting on his ‘second life’ after horrific 1996 stabbing in Surrey. (Photo: Tom Zytaruk)

ZYTARUK: Voice from the past found light in darkness

Surrey man horrifically stabbed in 1996 shares what he’s learned about life

Amanjit Pannu reflecting on his ‘second life’ after horrific 1996 stabbing in Surrey. (Photo: Tom Zytaruk)
Pitt Lake. (Wait Air Photos)

Uzelman: The Old West – The legend of Slumach’s lost mine

A column by Bruce Uzelman

Pitt Lake. (Wait Air Photos)