Opinion

FROM THE ARCHIVES: In honour of Kathi's sudden death this week at age 69 , here's a column she wrote in February 2017 about one her favourite fellow animal welfare advocates, Mary Tyler Moore.

One of the major annual events of my calendar for much of my adult life has been science fair season.

Recent studies on the impact of drowsy driving have identified this as a significant issue in causing accidents. Estimates are as high as 20 per cent, of accidents resulting from drivers falling asleep at the wheel.

Since when did stealing maple syrup warrant a harsher sentence than molesting a four year old child? Yes, a man was sentence to eight years imprisonment and a fine for stealing maple syrup (page 7, Citizen, Jan. 28).

Rolling waves as such as so. With beaches so clean in older days, With tall trees blown in the wind. Now Bear Lake Blues has succumbed, with overgrown weeds as just so, to the creepy Crawlies of as such.

In the 16 years Carl was a volunteer at the fire hall he did maintenance on the fire truck, handled finance, attended accidents, fires and medical calls to name a few responsibilities.

I always had hopes and dreams for my child to attend one school and make lifelong friends but that all changed when my child was diagnosed with a mental illness and learning disability.

By some divine providence, the same week the world lost its collective mind over one nation's decision to exercise its sovereign authority regarding who can and who cannot enter its borders is the same week I've reapplied for my passport.

It's awards season again, not just for the movie, TV and music business but for journalism, too. We've put forward our best work in 2016 for consideration to the B.C.

I am writing about the sentencing for Mr. Bockus who, in his truck struck and killed Mrs. Kokkonis at 10th and Winnipeg on Dec. 16, 2014.