Opinion

In the last episode, Caribou Joe realizes that he may not be up for the challenge of tracking a Bigfoot, so he faced an important decision. "What you got in here Sandy?" asked Joe. He was referring to the bowl of soup the trapper had just served.

As my fellow columnist, Bruce Strachan, noted last week, Brian Topp in his quest for leadership of the NDP party has released a "tax the rich" agenda. It is unfortunate because that is not, in my opinion, the real issue nor the solution.

There's an expression in the PR world that goes "If you don't feed the media, the media will feed on you.

HIKE OF THE WEEK

The defunct German research satellite that I had been counting on to obliterate my house plunged into Asia instead the other day, meaning I'm going to have to put up the Christmas lights again this year.

October 31, 1968. With our mom and dad recently separated, money was tight. Mom took on the first full-time job of her 38 years, and try as she might, she was often late getting home from work.

Right Side Up

Thursday night's all-candidates debate hosted by the Prince George Citizen was, by all accounts, a success. The three candidates who didn't show missed an opportunity to address hundreds of voters.

When manufacturers move from year to year with their vehicles there are often not too many big changes from the previous year's model.

Joe was surprised to see Sandy, at first. Then, he became upset with the thought of being followed all that time. "Old Man," he said, "What's the idea? I almost shot you! And, look at the way you're dressed.