Opinion

Now the smoke and flames Were boiling up Responders, they knocked on my door Said, you best get out of here.

A few weeks ago, I was asked to write about the continental divide. I have been thinking (and researching) an answer in the interim. There is a very simple answer to the question of what causes a continental divide and that is "gravity.

When I was twelve, I had threatened to run away from home unless my sister took me to see Rick Nelson at an amusement park nearby. I was in awe watching and listening to my crush.

Nobody knows pain and suffering like the people who have walked a mile or more in the same shoes.

The combined initiative by Parliament and the Supreme Court of Canada to reduce overrepresentation of Aboriginal peoples in prison with an Indigenous-discount strategy is failing badly.

Compassion shines I applaud the wonderful and generous people of Prince George and Kamloops for doing all that they can to help the evacuees who were directed by government to proceed to their communities.

The Nelson Bennett article on Site C completion and the political paralysis of the NDP government should be required reading for all.

And so we come to the obvious question in my last column on this topic - Canadian Identity, and what it ought to look like after 150 years on earth.

Urban and rural residents in B.C. have never been further apart. The rural-urban divide in the current government shows deep divisions. The pine-beetle epidemic highlights some of these divisive issues.

I really loved the picture of the RCMP officer and pig. I think it should become the picture that represents this year's fire season. To me, it seems to represent the caring people have displayed for all the victims of this summer's disaster.