Opinion

By Marco Terwiel - Maple Ridge News Published: May 17, 2013 3:00 AM Updated: May 17, 2013 11:39 AM Candidates floated some lofty ideas and promises around the issue of child poverty to attract votes in the provincial election.

Note to GOP re Benghazi: Stop calling it Watergate, Iran-Contra, bigger than both, etc.

Support for Nigel Farage's UK Independence Party has reached a record 19 per cent, according to a ComRes poll Support for the UK Independence Party has reached a record 19%, according to a poll which saw both Labour and the Tories losing ground.

But that won't stop the Blackhawks from trying to become the kind of team that dominates the NHL in a way the Red Wings and Devils did for long stretches of the last two decades.

This photo, "The Neighbors #5," 2012, from photographer Arne Svenson's series, "The Neighbors," is one of several being exhibited at Julie Saul Gallery in New York.

The surest sign that there is indeed no there there regarding the Benghazi "scandal"? The fact that anonymous GOP staff feeding information to reporters apparently felt the need to edit the White House emails they were onpassing.

Officials in the Obama administration's Internal Revenue Service came under fire after revelations that workers in its Cincinnati office targeted for extra scrutiny tea party and conservative groups applying for 501 tax-exempt status.

The outrage over the IRS's conduct in targeting certain tax-exempt groups is based on a misunderstanding.

The father of a 4-year-old boy who accidentally shot a playmate in the head last month should have to answer to more than his guilty conscience.

Sen. Mike Duffy leaves Parliament Hill following a meeting of the Senate Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration committee on Parliament Hill in early May in Ottawa.

Trey Burke said he knows some NBA teams will quiz him about his choice of agent.

The Chicago Bulls season may have ended in disappointing fashion, but there was nothing disappointing about their 2012-13 season.

A homeless hitchhiker who achieved Internet celebrity by acting as a Good Samaritan with a hatchet was arrested at a Philadelphia bus depot Thursday in connection with the murder of a New Jersey attorney, authorities said.

The filing deadline for city council seats is May 17. Do you feel it should be closer to the election? DISCLAIMER: This web poll is informal, not scientific.

It is coming to the point where more and more states are looking to gambling as a way to raise revenue.

April's torrential rainfall led to the release of an estimated 1.5 billion gallons of tainted water from Michigan sewer systems.

Penguins forwards Chris Kunitz, left, and Evgeni Malkin have been part of a power-play unit that's scoring on a 36 per cent clip this post-season. You would be very hard pressed today to find a recap of Game 1 between the Penguins and Senators that doesn't have at least 36 per cent of it dedicated to their power play .

Participation is the objective of federal Title IX and other rules that have opened innumerable opportunities for girls and women in academics and sports.

Last weekend Ireland again placed itself in the vanguard of anti-Israel activism in the European Union.

As President Barack Obama struggles to define America's position in Syria, events threaten to overtake his deliberations.