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Crime of the half-century

Crime of the half-century

As a small boy I had great admiration and confidence in my big brother. I freely agreed to let him take apart my tricycle so he could use the front wheel as part of a unicycle he was building.
Episode 8: The Wall brothers' shack

Episode 8: The Wall brothers' shack

In the last episode of Caribou Joe and the Building of the Grand Truck Pacific, Joe awakens in the Wall brothers' shack after falling off the railroad tracks in a velocipede. The fellow was sitting on the edge of the wooden bunk bed where Joe lay.
Crime of the half-century

Crime of the half-century

It's Only Money
Yes, yes oh yes

Yes, yes oh yes

As the Aug. 5 deadline to register your vote on the HST approaches, the rhetoric on both sides is reaching a fevered pitch.
The last man on earth

The last man on earth

Right Side Up
An oil spill is not just a part of doing business

An oil spill is not just a part of doing business

In his guest column (July 8), Mr. Carruthers again extols the virtues of the Enbridge Pipeline proposal and the "robust and thorough" nature of the regulatory process. In the past Mr.
Ravishing Raven Lake

Ravishing Raven Lake

Come out and celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the BC Parks System by hiking one of the most popular alpine trails in the region.
A few days of games

A few days of games

The Olympics in Montreal cost all Canadian citizens 50-plus years of pension fund reduction. The Olympics in Vancouver has cost many their low-rent homes and will cost all citizens of B.C. untold years of excessive taxes. Now the P.G.
My dog and I can’t live with the HST

My dog and I can’t live with the HST

I am a senior citizen. So is my dog, in human years. If I do not kill the HST, the HST will kill me. I do not care about the funeral tax. Just cart me off to Victoria and dump me on the lawn in front of the parliament buildings.
Getting off scot free

Getting off scot free

Is there no end to what the RCMP will forgive its officers? When's the last time someone admitted that the reason company equipment was stolen was because it was left vulnerable while he was committing a crime, only to keep his job? And who would be