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Right to free speech isn’t absolute

Right to free speech isn’t absolute

Last week, I argued we need a free press. I didn’t add the word independent and perhaps I should have. A free and independent press allows for reporting on stories, which may be uncomfortable for the corporations and companies which own the press.
Here's a fun way to improve your public speaking

Here's a fun way to improve your public speaking

Have you got an important speech coming up? A toast at a wedding, reading a poem to celebrate a life, a work presentation, a job interview, your thesis or a speech about your research? Most of us don’t enter adulthood with the confidence to speak wel
Walter Gretzky made an impression during Prince George visit

Walter Gretzky made an impression during Prince George visit

Wayne Gretzky was asked to be the ambassador for the Royal Canadian Legion’s Dominion Command National Youth Track and Field meet held here in Prince George. Unfortunately, due to commitments he could not come but Walter Gretzky came in his place.
Gravel miner should work with residents

Gravel miner should work with residents

When Rolling Mix Concrete Ltd. applied to have their land designated for soil removal, residents of North Nechako turned out at the public hearing at city hall to protest the application.
Indigenous entrepreneurs need better support

Indigenous entrepreneurs need better support

Jeff and William approached me in the fall of 2019 about helping them with their ecotourism business. They had started the business in 2014 but said they needed some help in growing the business and getting more clients.
Overdoses a public health crisis

Overdoses a public health crisis

If there is one lesson that has been learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is that doctors and public health officers must make painfully difficult decisions to prioritize health emergencies.
A certain ordeal

A certain ordeal

Playwright Howard Barker, in a 2012 interview with The Guardian, said, "a good play puts the audience through a certain ordeal.
Choosing social media truth is dangerous

Choosing social media truth is dangerous

The term “cancel culture” is increasingly part of the mainstream lexicon. It is by no means a new term.
Give unto Henry what is Henry’s

Give unto Henry what is Henry’s

In the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, Jesus offers a pithy phrase that has been used ever since to guide Christians on how to get along with their ruling government.
Calling out genocide the right call

Calling out genocide the right call

Parliament recently took a stand on a human rights issue as courageous as Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney’s opposition to South African Apartheid in the 1980s and Stephen Harper’s apology for residential schools in 2008. On Feb.