Opinion/Letters to the Editor

Well my Bud Dan, You've done it again. Look at all the controversy you have created over this Skakun thing. You know what they say though, "no such thing as bad advertising". But I don't know if that would be correct this time.

What is this, the 19th century? You'd think we would've learned by now that wiping out a species because it's a nuisance to man's way of life only brings up serious problems down the road caused by ecological imbalance.

One of my roles is that of a pastor at Westwood Church, and part of a church leader's life occasionally involves coming alongside other people's spiritual experiences for guidance, support and sometimes even to help interpret life events.

Who's Your City? By Richard Florida In The World is Flat, Thomas Friedman outlined how globalization is providing growth opportunities throughout the developing world.

We attended an auction of new household items in Abbotsford about 12 years ago while there visiting family. One particular auction item sticks in memory. It was a beautiful oak dining room suite with expanded seating to accommodate as many as 10.

Our B.C. government continually complains that they don't have enough revenue from the general public. Yet they are raking in money now with application of the HST. For example, a used car can be sold 10 times and consumers are charged HST each time.

I just looked out my office window on North Nechako Road, to see a City of P.G. water truck watering trees on the boulevard. I had to do a double-take, given all the rain we've had in the last few weeks.

This week's hike leads to one of the many abandoned fire lookouts in the region. The old lookout access road provides the access to the lookout and the surrounding alpine.

So you want to catch big rainbow trout on the fly? In the Central Interior of BC, unless you have access to fly-in lakes that are remote and expensive to get to, there is no better place to catch a five-kilogram trout than Dragon Lake in Quesnel.

I have had no success phoning Elections BC. I have not received a ballot regarding the HST referendum, though my wife did. Now I note that it is too late. What gives? Norman Unrau Prince George