Opinion

My family and I spent the last two weeks of the summer on Haida Gwaii.

The 10th edition of the World Religions Conference goes Sunday afternoon at UNBC, featuring six religious scholars from the Bah', Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islamic and Sikh faiths talking about whether God's existence is a myth or reality.

We are in the final days of the Barkerville season. The air is getting colder, the hillsides have turned golden, and the pace of life on the street has slowed.

Don't be fooled for one instant by the politically correct disguised doublespeak coming out of Quebec in regards to the opposition of women wearing religious face coverings at citizenship ceremonies.

The province and BC Hydro are on a winning streak so far when it comes to fighting off legal challenges to the $9-billion Site C power project on the Peace River.

In the 1970s, a new playground was under construction next to the existing one at my elementary school. Designed with towers and climbing walls and so on, it would replace the traditional swings and merry-go-rounds of the older generation.

I love the fall. It is such a wonderful, colourful time of the year. It's the time of the year for long walks down forest paths amongst a symphony of oranges, browns, reds, and even a few greens.

How low can they go? I learned this morning that Jason Kenny of the Conservative Party, without the permission of the Fox family, promised that any donation to the Terry Fox Foundation would be matched by the government.

Regarding Julie Serup's letter (Sept. 22), reading this odious and narrow-minded letter sent me off to the Bible and Luke Chapter 10, to read more closely the parable of the Good Samaritan.

In the last few weeks I have heard many I know try to justify their bigotry toward those who seek to emigrate to Canada. Julia Serup's reasons are the most creative to date. Her reasoning does not minimize her bigotry, it emphasizes it.