Opinion

I must admit it is a bit difficult to get a start on my column this week. I write my articles on Thursdays so I, along with most other Canadians, find myself distracted and anxious about the news out of Moncton.

In hockey, some folks belong in certain places. Put them anywhere else, and it's just not right.

A sincere thank you to Dr. Fraser, the staff at the Spruceland Medical Centre and Dr. Perkovic. My son came home Thursday night after a fall downhill biking.

I'm writing in response to the May 26 op-ed "Ignoring the signs." I want to reassure your readers that our forests are not being overcut.

With the federal government set to release its decision any day on the Northern Gateway pipeline, there still remain some hopeful but naive souls that believe there's a chance Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his cabinet will reject Enbridge's propo

Due deference and full respect to Steve Howell for his 30-year career in the youth-justice system. He ran the old custody centre on Pembroke Street until retirement.

I recall as a young banker jealously guarding the contents of a client's file against another young-sounding voice on the other end of the phone from Revenue Canada.

Earlier this week, I was listening to a report on the CBC about the safety of water hoses. It was based on material obtained from a number of sources, including "HealthyStuff.org".

Over the past few weeks of labour strife between school teachers and the government I've faced my own internal wrestling match as well.

Full page (Enbridge) Northern Gateway ads appear regularly in the Vancouver Sun, Prince George Citizen and numerous other publications often accompanied with coloured pictures of salmon, huge cedar trees, whales and welders.