Opinion

Kibbee Lake When most people mention the hike to Kibbee Lake, they envision portaging a canoe with a weeks worth of gear for the Bowron Lake Canoe Circuit.

Now that the anti-HST petition juggernaut led by Bill Vander Zalm has exceeded the required 10 per cent of eligible voters in all 85 ridings in B.C., Premier Campbell and his Liberal colleagues find themselves staring into the abyss.

There's no doubt in my mind that the majority of Canadians want harsher sentencing for those who commit vicious crimes. So we now have a prime mnister who wants to accomplish that.

I am absolutely livid about some of the comments being written online and said out loud by people of all ages, toward the recent and very tragic, not to mention very preventable death, of Kristen Nelson.

Finally 911 service is coming to our area. But not without hundreds of thousands of dollars on studies. So, besides the wasted dollars, it is good that we finally get what we should have had a long time ago.

Wonder & Expected Lakes This week's hike leads to two lakes with a vast historical legacy. Wonder and Expected Lakes are accessed via the Omineca Trail.

Gord Hoekstra's article "Laying the Groundwork" regarding the Enbridge pipeline should make me feel more comfortable with this pipeline as it reported that a "medium sized spill of up to 6,300 barrels of oil would only take place once every 118 years

Nourse-Allin Creek Trail This week's hike is another early season gem that has a surplus of geographic features. The first section provides a glimpse of Nourse Creek, carving its way through a rock canyon and plummeting down a narrow gorge.

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much By Allison Hoover Bartlett The Man Who Loved Books Too Much is the true story of a thief, a detective, and a world of literary obsession.

This is for the lady, dog sitting and walking in Ginter's off-leash dog park with the small white dog (on leash) and the larger black dog.