Opinion

This week's column is written by Chef Tony Rechsteiner, who has been a chef for 39 years. Originally from Australia, he is a Certified Chef de Cuisine (C.C.C.) and instructor in CNC's Professional Cook Program.

It was not the most goody-laden speech, as Christy Clark herself conceded Friday in delivering the annual premier's address to the convention of the Union of B.C. Municipalities.

Sorry, but I had to chuckle when I read that Shari Green wants to be mayor. Is this the same Green that scoffed at all the parents who tried to keep their schools open? Is this the same Green who backed all the increased city spending, etc.

Right Side Up

Generally, we seem pretty confused about what money is good for. We assume that if we just had more of it, we would be happier. This week I was fascinated by a documentary on PBS entitled " Last Train Home" .

Wells Gray Provincial Park is one of British Columbia's - and Canada's - great wonders and it is rather surprising that more people do not take advantage of it.

Even after a decade or so, it is awe-inspiring to witness the heights of audacity to which the B.C. Liberals soar. Last Wednesday provided another suitably stratospheric example.

Previously, Caribou Joe learns how horse-legging is done in a bush operation at Tete Jaune Cache, and as he moves further up the hillside, discovers big footprints in the snow. In 1955 there was a Sasquatch sighting at Tte Jaune Cache.

In the previous episode, Caribou Joe awakes in a strange bed and the terrible smell of toe-rags that are hung up to dry by a stove. For the first few weeks of 1913 the snow fall left a two foot deep white blanket covering the Tte Jaune Cache area.

We get some silly photos on our wire service, and none was funnier than the chap in the Lower Mainland who tried to squash a full-sized fridge into the trunk of his Honda Accord.