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Take off hat rather than create scene

Take off hat rather than create scene

Get over yourself, removing your hat in the Legion is not about you.
Let the market decide

Let the market decide

Tonight, for the first time, there will be liquor sales at the Coliseum during the Prince George Spruce Kings home game. There will not be rioting and looting through downtown after the game.
Visibility in the fog

Visibility in the fog

I was driving down the university hill on a foggy Sunday morning when I noticed that the cars in front of me did not have their lights on. I could only see them when they touched their brakes.
And now a ‘wag of the finger’

And now a ‘wag of the finger’

Re: Mr Giede's thoughtful "tip of hat" column. It's just silliness to suggest that Mr. Harper didn't allow his name to be used for roadside signs out of some noble philosophy.
Clark has clean slate with Trudeau

Clark has clean slate with Trudeau

Premier Christy Clark is a naturally voluble political junkie and a former talk-show host, so the position she took during the federal election campaign wasn't a natural one, and didn't come easy. She kept her mouth shut about it, for 78 long days.
Perplexing practices at polls

Perplexing practices at polls

This occurred on election day. On arrival at the polling station located at an old elementary school, we were ID'd before getting into the building. We questioned the person at the door, and she just looked at it and let us in.
Bike lanes aren’t for parked cars

Bike lanes aren’t for parked cars

I feel the bike lanes are for bikes and people in mobile wheelchairs. I drove down 10th Avenue and the whole bike lane was filled with parked cars, also in front of the Phoenix Medical Building.
Taxes - like baseballs to the head - can be a real headache

Taxes - like baseballs to the head - can be a real headache

"Derald" was a foot taller than most baseball players our age, and a ferocious pitcher. Not scrawny like some of us 15 year-olds, he was beefy, with legs like a moose, and arms like hams.
Chemistry and physics, in spectacular form

Chemistry and physics, in spectacular form

Screaming into the sky, exploding with a resounding report, and bursting forth in a dazzle of brilliant colours which glow for only a few spectacular moments - this is the life of a firework.
What's next?

What's next?

The questions of who will be prime minister and which party will form government in Ottawa have been answered, leaving behind many more questions, all falling under the banner of what's next.