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Endlessly clinging to prophesy

Endlessly clinging to prophesy

Nostradamus, please report to UNBC's Canfor Theatre on Sept. 29. The 2018 edition of the TEDxUNBC Talks is asking for 10 speakers to look ahead 150 years to what the world will be like.
Kids and books go together

Kids and books go together

It's always reassuring when the things you know in your gut and in your heart are just right are substantiated by empirical research data. We've always known it feels good to read to our kids.
A case for coastal refineries

A case for coastal refineries

Our country must focus on three vital things: develop more good jobs, because many are disappearing; build new businesses that can be taxed, rather than increase the burden on existing taxpayers; and improve our physical environment.
No shortcuts on road to the top

No shortcuts on road to the top

The Vancouver Canucks have produced a series of TV commercials to encourage season ticket subscriptions, a smart move in the wake of the retirement of Henrik and Daniel Sedin.
Can't spell it? That doesn't mean you shouldn't eat it

Can't spell it? That doesn't mean you shouldn't eat it

While watching the Blue Jays play last week, I saw a new commercial from Maple Leaf Foods. It featured a young child who was asked to spell "sodium erythorbate.
LSIFs a good tax shelter, but a bad investment

LSIFs a good tax shelter, but a bad investment

As a freshly-assigned team leader in a small commercial lending division in another town, years ago, I introduced myself to my group by purchasing a dozen doughnuts from a local bakery.
Why publish Bolton nonsense?

Why publish Bolton nonsense?

My first thought upon reading your guest editorial in your May 10 edition was "have you lost your mind?" A guest editorial by John Bolton, Donald Trump's appointee to the office of National Security Advisor infamous for his pro-war (against Iran and
Science fiction to fact

Science fiction to fact

It probably won't come as a surprise I read a lot of science fiction when I was young. Authors such as Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, Kurt Vonnegut and many others provided us with a vision for the future we have yet to realize.
Noise pollution fading away

Noise pollution fading away

Rock and roll ain't noise pollution, rock and roll ain't gonna die," AC/DC proudly proclaim on the final track of their classic 1980 album Back In Black. "Rock and roll ain't noise pollution, rock and roll will survive.
Watch out for foods with a health halo

Watch out for foods with a health halo

Healthy is a subjective term; it will not have the same meaning to two people.