Opinion

I voted NDP - along with numerous others. If it's any consolation Toronto Maple Leaf fans will know how we feel. Al Idiens Prince George

Just imagine what could happen if Mike Morris were to step down and Christy Clark won the bi-election in Prince George North. First of all, Christy Clark would by a house here and move to Prince George.

Leftovers from this week's provincial election: n Dan Ashton, the mayor of Penticton, was successfully elected Tuesday as the Liberal MLA of Penticton, forcing the city to hold a byelection for mayor.

Politics 101

Perhaps to make weather predictors feel better, the recent B.C. election showed again that pollsters can be equally unreliable. At the closing of the polls, just after 8 p.m.

During early Wednesday afternoon the volunteer fire department extinguished a rather large brush fire at the rear of our new neighbours property. I would like to thank the wonderful men and women who attended within minutes and extinguished the fire.

In The Fast Leyne

The tale of two shows: I love music and boxing. Last weekend I was excited to be able to experience both, but was very disappointed in one and very impressed with the other.

As the story by Peter James in today's paper points out, 53 per cent of registered voters cast a ballot Tuesday in Prince George-Mackenzie, while 50.6 per cent did the same in Prince George-Valemount.

Saturday was the Annual Elks May Day parade. People I spoke to said they enjoyed it. However, to my way of thinking, it seems that no one from City Hall could spare an hour or two to participate in it.