I did it again, fussed about something that didn’t happen. This time it was moaning because I thought when I moved to Cariboo Age Care I wouldn’t hear Harry Jennings or LeRae Haynes sing again.
Both are regulars at the Seniors Village. One thing about being a pessimist, one is pleasantly surprised more often than being disappointed. My first day at CAC, someone mentioned Harry was singing here that afternoon.
That was a great welcome to my new home. He’s here twice a month. LeRae is a regular too. These two bring so much joy to so many people.
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I love lilac time in Wiliams Lake. Lilacs and yellow roses belong in Cariboo/Chilcotin history. I’m not sure who brought the lilac, it was an early settler for sure, there are lilacs on every pioneer property I know of. T
he rose came with Mrs. Tom Hance, one of the Chilcotin’s first settlers. She arrived in the area on saddle horse, and the story is she carried the rose with her. Almost everyone in the Chilcotin had an offspring from it.
The last time I was at the Hance home the original roses were thriving. Not all the lilac and yellow roses in the city today have pioneer backgrounds but both plants are hardy and live forever. Lilac is the city’s official flower.
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Pierre Poilievre wants another kick at the cat --- I use that simile because his style of politics is kicking his opponents. Give him credit for having the determination to keep trying.
In the meantime, Saskatchewan MP Andrew Scheer, a former Conservative leader, will hold the fort in the House of Commons. Although he has no official status, Mr. Poilievre remains living in Stornoway, the Opposition Leader’s official home, until his future is settled.
