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Tory's true colours

Tory's true colours

The true colours of the Harper government are rarely displayed in public. Two recent events have shown those true colours in ideologically-driven decisions. The first concerns Insite, the needle exchange program in Vancouver.
Mind the hot spots

Mind the hot spots

Are you noticing your dog almost continually scratching and chewing at its skin? "Hot spots", or acute, moist dermatitis, occurs when moisture becomes trapped under a dog's coat causing a warm, wet environment. It is a breeding ground for bacteria.
Thanks for everything

Thanks for everything

This will be a thank you note to the people of Prince George and its hospital. Returning from a tour to Alaska my husband suffered a stroke just inside your city. Your ambulance quickly took him to the hospital where we met Dr. Lowry.
Common-Census

Common-Census

The current dust up over the Harper government's plans to replace the long-form census with a voluntary survey reminds us that the Stockholm Syndrome is alive and well and living in Canada.
Same old song

Same old song

Re Bruce Strachan column "The days after the HST", Thursday July 22. Like an old piano, Bruce Strachan has become "out of tune".
HST infliction

HST infliction

The HST, despite a 77 per cent voter disapproval rate has now been inflicted on us. With a stroke of Campbell's pen, big business gets richer while Statistics Canada reports that the average household will be $521 per year poorer.
In defence of city hall

In defence of city hall

In some of your recent editions I have noticed letters criticizing the "city fathers" for paving, what some people mistake as streets, and although I normally don't agree on anything the city does, I must answer in their defence.
Beet of a different drum

Beet of a different drum

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.
Inhumane coward left dog to die

Inhumane coward left dog to die

This letter is to the inhumane coward who hit the dog and left him to die Sunday on Winnipeg Street. He was a medium-sized dog and the sun was out, so there is no way you could not have noticed that you hit him.
Anti-HST petitioners never ‘coached’

Anti-HST petitioners never ‘coached’

Vaughn Palmer In Victoria The former head of Elections BC has defended his office's helping hand to organizers of the petition against the harmonized sales tax, saying the effort did not amount to a "coaching process.