Opinion

It never ceases to amaze us how much good can come from teamwork.

At this time last week, Canada stood near the bottom of the medal standings at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, with zero medals.

"Knock 'em dead! Knock 'em Red!" That is what I heard a friend of Aboriginal author Drew Hayden Taylor call to him as he took to the stage at this year's Festival of the Written Arts. Taylor joked about both Aboriginal and Caucasian people.

The rich just keep getting richer. With fuel costs on the rise, a gas tax that no one seems too happy about, B.C.

The past month has been a trying one for many in our community. Suspected fire bugs have been deliberately setting fires up and down the Coast.

The Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) was formed more than 100 years ago to provide a common voice for local government. To bad it appears some within the organization are not practicing what they preach.

My favourite weekend of the whole year is coming up, beginning Aug. 14. It's the time when I get to meet some of the most talented people in Canada at the annual Festival of the Written Arts.

Potential disaster was averted again on the Coast last week by the brave actions of the B.C. Forest Service and our Coastal firefighters.

If the last eight months were a battle for Blair Wilson, his family and supporters, imagine what the next few months are going to be like as he tries to restore the faith and trust of the voters of this riding? Wilson, the member of Parliament (MP) f

City raised, but rural in heart and mind, my dad's life work was spent as an agri-banker working with farmers, livestock producers and ranchers, which took our family to Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.