Opinion

I am not the greatest passenger in a car. Maybe that comes from years of my dad swinging his arm back to swat me and my siblings as well as years of being the designated driver for my often-drunk friends.

Have you welcomed a new puppy into your home? My friend Stephanie has and another friend is waiting for her new addition any day now. This is a very exciting time and with it comes new responsibilities.

We often look right past it. Or, at least, through it. Glass is one of the oldest materials that humans have manufactured and one of the more interesting. The origins of glass are lost in antiquity.

Jack Knox Slightly Skewed In hindsight, I shouldn?t have sat near the pay phones. Of course, by ?near? I mean the length of a football field, which is how far the guy?s voice carried as he shouted into the mouthpiece. We were aboard the B.C.

In support of Site C. I keep seeing hundreds of people opposing the Site C dam project, and I think they're wrong to oppose this initiative. I've paddled many parts of the Columbia River, in both Canada and the U.S., and it truly is a marvel.

Bruce Whitestone Canada's Business What is happening all over is factories are closing, and their jobs are disappearing.

A word on our city's firefighters. My son and I were approaching the Civic Centre on Saturday, to visit the Mennonite Fall Fair. As we neared, we heard the fire alarms and saw people gathering outside.

Regarding The Citizen's (online) question of the week. Do you think the economic benefits of the proposed $5.5 billion Enbridge pipeline would outweigh the environmental risks? How much of this money do you think will be spent in B.C.

In a recent story from the Canadian Press, it appears that convicted murderer Clifford Olson is offering to turn over his pension cheques as donations to the Conservative's next election campaign.

No wonder English is such a difficult language to understand. If you don't agree, ponder these examples. The bandage was wound around the wound. The farm was used to produce produce. The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.