Opinion

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...

The Race

You are in the blocks at the start of an obstacle relay. In the stands, thousands of cheering fans. Beside you, another runner, swift...

On being nimble

Back before I was a real live editor of a real live newspaper, I was a real live editor of a student newspaper (how...

Budget misses balanced approach BC needs

Mike Bernier, MLA Peace River South Those of us who call Northern BC home know there are fundamentals when it comes to our finances. We...

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