Opinion

On Wednesday, I had an appointment to see my family doctor and to get blood work done.

I'm writing this letter to the Editor to express my frustration with the "lack-of-progress" on the repair work on the Haggith creek bridge on the Willowcale Forestry Road.

The first 22 chapters of Ken Dryden's new book Game Change: The Life and Death of Steve Montador and the Future of Hockey reads nearly identical to John Branch's Boy On Ice: The Life and Death of Derek Boogaard.

On a flight home last week, I was having a conversation about the introduction of Bill C-45 or the "Cannabis Act.

During my brief time in Churchill, Manitoba, I had a chance to puff on the Last Lion's favorite kind of cigar while listening to his "We Shall Never Surrender" speech.

Neil Godbout's editorial (Nov. 14, "When tribe trumps truth") mentioning the scandal involving U.S. senator from Alabama, Roy Moore, leaves some unanswered (and unasked) questions.

"I'd like to buy the world a home And furnish it with love Grow apple trees and honey bees And snow white turtle doves." Wouldn't we all? Doesn't everyone need a hug? Can't love conquer all? There are some politicians who think so.

It seems like whenever we turn on the news, be it the computer, television, radio or print, someone is getting caught with their drawers down. Harvey Weinstein got the ball rolling. It seems to be getting worse each day.

Thank you, Loralyn Murdoch and your team at UNBC Athletics, for bringing in yet another great speaker for the UNBC Timberwolves Legacy Breakfast.

Basketball was invented by James Naismith in 1891. He had a particularly rambunctious group of young men to deal with that winter and found most indoor sports were too violent. He conceived of a game of passing and shooting with no physical contact.