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Media bailout a travesty

Media bailout a travesty

I would be against the federal government's $660 news media bailout even if Mother Theresa, Ghandi, the Dahli Lama, Nelson Mandela, and Anne Frank, were on the panel that decides which media outlets get our tax dollars.
So much left behind for new life

So much left behind for new life

For a large group of people experiencing new things, meeting strangers in a party, trying new food, going somewhere they have never been to, is stressful. And I am one of those people.
Pay teachers what they deserve

Pay teachers what they deserve

Canadian schools are among the best in the world and B.C. schools are arguably the best in Canada.
Hard work paid off for Burkitts

Hard work paid off for Burkitts

Charlie Burkitt, one of seven children, was born in 1937 in Quesnel. His parents moved their family to Reid Lake shortly after Charlie was born.
The importance of history

The importance of history

George Santayana once stated that "those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.
Dave Fuller, you're wrong

Dave Fuller, you're wrong

It was the practice of many native peoples from here and into the U.S. to burn forests regularly, because old growth interior forests have nowhere near the amount of resources for a hunter/gatherer society as new growth.
Trudeau stuck with fractured brand

Trudeau stuck with fractured brand

Who is Justin Trudeau? Even more important: What is Justin Trudeau? The feminist who loses his two senior women from cabinet over questions of integrity. The environmentalist who buys a pipeline.
How to be a good sports parent

How to be a good sports parent

Youth sport is part of the fabric of family life for many families. Parents are more intensely involved in contemporary youth sport than ever before.
Forest mismanagement hurting economy

Forest mismanagement hurting economy

Recent sawmill closures in British Columbia have brought to light the need for renewed focus on the mismanagement of B.C. forests over the past decades, which is having a significant effect on the B.C. and Canadian economies.
City anticipated AAP's failure

City anticipated AAP's failure

Dear mayor and city council, I feel compelled to write you to provide my thoughts on the outcome of the Alternative Approval Process and your response to it. First of all, while you state otherwise, there was an option to the AAP.