Opinion

A new study suggests it pays to go to school.The Statistics Canada survey found that more than 80 per cent of college and university students who graduated in 2005 and did not pursue further studies had found full-time employment by 2007, while earnings generally increased by level of study.

With the 2010 Games opening ceremonies less than 10 months away, Vancouver’s Olympic glow is getting warmer.

Making the purchase of Canyon Ski and Recreation Area work will require deep pockets and an aggressive vision of the parks network in this region.

A couple of Fridays ago, we backed the car out of the driveway and pointed it south-by-southwest and again were reminded that we live in a remarkable place and in a remarkable time.

Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach appears to be trying to make his mark in the world by undermining everything accomplished by his predecessor, Ralph Klein.

The government of Alberta recently announced that public funding for sex reassignment surgery (SRS) will be eliminated to save about $700,000 of a roughly $ 13-billion annual health-care budget.

The biggest road project the city has yet to see hinges on city, provincial and federal governments having the vision and courage to build today for tomorrow.

It is interesting to note that after months of frustration with having to live with a drug house on their Inglewood street, when shots were fired, only one person dialed 911.

Perhaps an ancestor’s invention holds a keyWhile commenting on the Pope’s stand against condoms as a solution for Africa, I never thought I would find myself immersed in the subject. But here I am.

The United States Navy has more than half the major warships in the world, and there is a pirate threat off the Somali coast. Now that the US Navy has killed three of those pirates in order to free Richard Phillips, the kidnapped captain of an American ship, these two facts are coming together in a promising way.