Opinion

We British Columbians are proud of our wild salmon. No other province can boast the thousands of kilometers of salmon spawning streams and rivers that B.C. has. Salmon are an important part of human life on the Pacific coast.

Politics 101

I am writing to acknowledge the professionalism of the Prince George hospital. On May 16 I had need to attend the ER. Upon arrival the staff at the reception were very courteous and helpful.

To the Point

"Can I graduate? Can I look in the faces that I meet? Can I get my punk-ass off the street I've been living on for so long?" the rock group Third Eye Blind demanded to know in their song Graduate from 1998.

Relativity

Bellyaching about gas prices is a lot like complaining about the weather. Forces much greater than us as individuals that we don't completely understand and can't fully account for or predict are at work.

Business In The Black

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis have one of the biggest selling and best CDs of the year in The Heist with hits like Can't Hold Us, Thrift Shop and - because I'm a Paddy - one of my favourites called Irish Celebration. All fun songs with upbeat tempos.

The Conservatives have seen three of their own resign over the senate scandal. Chief of staff Nigel Wright and Senator Duffy knew that the independent audit on the senator's expense claims was not going to go well. In a Feb.