Opinion

Does local journalism matter? You bet it does. Community newspapers employ thousands of journalists, in every corner, across our community and across our great country.

Thanksgiving was a little different for our family this year. For the first time, we harvested and ate poultry we had raised ourselves, and some of the fixings around the table were from our own garden as well.

One late afternoon, about 15 years ago, then managing editor John Harding pulled the night shift of editors and reporters from news and sports into his office.

It has been said politics is a blood sport. I am not talking about the spectacle unfolding south of the border. The U.S. election has moved well past sport and is now in the realm of a tragic comedy worthy of Shakespeare.

Many years ago, a group of persecuted people boarded a ship faraway and sought refuge in a new land. The boat was not that big and the group was an assortment of people from across the country.

In regards to the lockdown of all local area schools on Thursday, how dare the police allow us to send our children to school, knowing full well there is a threat of violence? This, from a local, trustworthy news source: police are taking "this page

I had the pleasure this week of giving a talk to a local group.

This past week was National Newspaper Week and today is National Carrier Appreciation Day. For home subscribers of the print edition, please take the opportunity to thank your carrier for getting you your newspaper each morning before 7 a.m.

Blame it on Charles Dickens.

While the B.C. Liberals reacted favourably to the federal government's foray into carbon pricing this week, neighbouring Alberta served up a reminder of a controversial shoe that could be dropping on this province before the end of the year.