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Final Thought: Perceptions of a dress

Do you remember the dress? If you were online five years ago, you probably do. It was a terrible photograph of a dress that some...

Equality vs Equity and where it matters

Chris Norbury I was born as a twin. Not an identical twin (don’t worry there isn’t two of me running around) but as a fraternal...

An Easter Message

Pastor Ken Keber, New Life Assembly, Tumbler Ridge, BC On behalf of the Tumbler Ridge Ministerial association, I would like to wish you a happy...

Final Thought: Avoiding extremes. Again.

There seems to be two reactions to the whole coronavirus thing. The first is sheer panic, the second is to make fun of the...

Final Thought: Just my facts, ma’am

I was too young to catch the original airing of Dragnet on TV in the 1950s, or even the revival in the late 1960s. But by...

A Valentine for Gilles

Tracy Kraus Gilles, an 85 year old friend with a history of heart troubles, was in the emergency ward last fall. Nothing new for Gilles....

Final Thought: Life, the Universe, and Everything

At the start of Douglas Adams’ classic Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Arthur Dent (Arther Philip Dent) wakes up with a hangover and a...

Final Thought: Thanks for the meme-ories

A few weeks ago now, the whole Trudeau-blackface issue came to the fore.  Shortly after, pictures of Stephen Harper emerged, wearing an indigenous headdress and...

Final Thought: whither the weather

Last week, the fine folks from NorthTech windows and doors came and replaced all the windows and two of the three doors in our...

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