Kyle Carruthers

Kyle Carruthers Special to the News Opinions differ on the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and, especially, the recent decision by the federal government to buy the pipeline itself. I think it is important that Canadians understand the real reason why Ottawa has chosen to take such a drastic course of action.

How often have we heard news stories that go something along the following lines? An offender, convicted of a serious violent and/or sexual offence has served his (it is almost always a he) prison sentence in full. Since he has paid his debt to society he will soon be released into the community.

It had been a while since I stayed up to watch a voice vote in the United States Senate, but last week's events in Washington D.C. were high drama for political junkies. Repealing the Affordable Care Act (better known as Obamacare) had been a central plank of the Republican Party's 2016 election campaign and the focus of its legislative efforts for years.