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Design not the signs

Design not the signs

There is a residential neighbourhood in Spokane where there are no signs, other than street names at each corner. There are no speed limit signs, no yield signs and no stop signs.
If you want to be premier, you have to act like a premier

If you want to be premier, you have to act like a premier

Right Side Up
New blacktop, more speed

New blacktop, more speed

And so it begins. New strip of pavement, potholes in the rearview mirror. Fast cars. Drivers thinking with their feet and their ego, instead of that biological miracle between their ears.
Pipeline proponents ignoring the facts on the ground

Pipeline proponents ignoring the facts on the ground

I have read and heard some things related to the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline over the last couple of weeks that really require some comment.
City parks a laughingstock

City parks a laughingstock

Reading day in the park was featured in the paper, but I wonder if those families know the city park standards they have enjoyed over the last two decades are considered dispensable by Mayor Green and city council.
Facts speak louder than ideology

Facts speak louder than ideology

Gwynne Dyer's list (Citizen, July 11) of extreme weather events omitted a big one. On May 24, a hailstorm dumped one metre of hail on central Germany followed two days later by an Arctic front that descended onto central Europe.
Risk can be a terrible thing to underestimate

Risk can be a terrible thing to underestimate

Relativity
BC cancer agency staff professional, compassionate

BC cancer agency staff professional, compassionate

For the past few weeks I've followed the unfolding story surrounding the resignation of Dr. Katakkar as regional head of oncology in Prince George. I need to begin with a disclaimer: I have never been a patient of Dr.
It's not about the questions, it's about the answers

It's not about the questions, it's about the answers

In the fast Leyne
Enbridge part of a diversified economy

Enbridge part of a diversified economy

There's only one thing worse than getting the Enbridge pipeline - not getting it.