Opinion

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.

The B.C. free-enterprise movement needs new leadership that will re-energize and revitalize our coalition. We need someone who holds strong to the broad-based values of the B.C.

The quality of life of rural dwelling British Columbians is being thrown under the bus. If we are not careful, it will be done without a plan for the future. We can only hope that our provincial and federal politicians are finally paying attention.

On Sept. 1, an agency of the Canadian government directed nearly $100-million to support local television news. Suddenly, more local television reporters are working stories on more broadcasts across Canada.

As I have said many times in this column, my greatest challenge each week is to think of something to write about but this week my challenge was to select among the many, many issues that have captured my imagination over the last few weeks.