Opinion

Joyce (Brown) Burkitt was born on her grandfather's farm in the Prairiedale District just outside of Vanderhoof in the year of 1937. She was raised in Hixon and went to a one-room school from Grade 3 to Grade 8.

Some current events led me to a favourite song that whispers into the ear of my spectacular home region. One: some hands have been wrung about the Family Y in P.G. accepting a cash donation from the Enbridge corporation for a community event.

I am angry and disappointed with the behaviour of representatives of the Government of Canada as they hurry to pass the "Fair" Elections Act.

It was with great sadness that I read of yet another public tradition disappearing. I speak of the annual Elk's May Day parade being cancelled.

Canadians still love the cottage.

Lorna Waghorn-Kidd recently criticized our MLAs and MPs in a letter that asked 'where's my MLA/MP?' Your readers may wish to note that Ms. Waghorn-Kidd is a member of the local NDP brass, so there may be just a smidge of bias in her views.

Gordon Macatee has a lot of changes to make in a short period of time as the temporary administrator at WorkSafe B.C. For the last three years, he's been the B.C.

Most people call it pay. At city hall, however, call it remuneration. Folks in the public sector love their "three-dollar words," as former city council Glen "Moose" Scott once eloquently put it.

It's all too easy to imagine the high-level meeting in Kiev where the Ukrainian government decided on its next move. It probably sounded a bit like this: "Very well, gentlemen, we are agreed on our strategy for dealing with the Russians.

It was lunchtime, on a warm day in the spring of 1972. I was excited to get out and play, but we were required to eat indoors first.