Opinion

It's hard to imagine a landscape that touches Canadians in as many diverse, important ways as our forests do. It's equally difficult to think of another landscape that requires as much complex management.

On Sunday, I watched three excellent football games. Of course, the big news of the day wasn't Tom Brady and the amazing touchdown in the last seconds to win the game but once again Trump, the bully, going off on a tangent.

I will be voting for the new fire hall and swimming pool. Stan Wheeldon gave his reasons for voting against the concept but I disagree with much of what he says.

Whenever I get into an argument about the European Union with my Wuppertal-born grandmother, I never fail to chant the verboten stanza of the German anthem: "Deutschland uber Alles.

Wow! What a wonderful surprise we had visiting our old "stomping grounds" of P.G. (1986-1996) to attend the B.C. Hydro Power Pioneers' Jamboree for four days.

Re: Teaching book using the word squaw. Where would the term squaw come from? Just a little research would help people find out for themselves. Squaw means the totality of being female. It is not an English word.

I encourage all residents to watch the video of the presentations on the fire hall and the swimming pool. Each presentation lasts approximately one hour but is very informative.

The latest kerfuffle from the Trump House is over the audacity of black football players taking a knee during the national anthem at a National Football League game.

The new school year has started off swimmingly and so many things have been relaxing and peaceful and really, there has never been a quieter time in my life.

Hellen Keller said, "I am only one, but I am still one. I cannot do everything, but I can still do something.