Opinion

Once a year, municipal and provincial governments keep the last week of September open in their schedules for meetings and consultations to help ensure multiple levels of government are collaborating across British Columbia.

Along with telling stories of the Chilcotin country, Paul St. Pierre had some words of wisdom for the people who gathered at the Gibraltar Room to honour him last Friday.

Editor: After reading the article in Friday’s Weekend, I find it ironic that the City has adopted a bylaw on shipping containers.

The B.C. Liberal attack ads on fightin' fisherman John Cummins go after his pension and his policies, and the website made him look like one of the aliens from Mars Attacks! In fact the whole B.C. political scene is starting to look like a bad movie from the 1990s.

What's next for B.C.?

Editor: Re: Brian Durrell’s letter to the editor, Thursday. Sept. 15 Tribune.

I have dreamed of plane crashes ever since I was a kid. No doubt, in part, because we lived in an area so void of civilization that pilots used the air space over our farm as a practice field.

The faithful believe that God will never heap upon you (give) more than you can handle.

Do you grow apples, pears and plums? How about cherries, apricots or peaches? Do not feed the bears.

Editor: In a recent column in the Province newspaper, Gwen Barlee hit the nail on the head when she pointed out the B.C. provincial Environmental Assessment Office, “emasculated to the point of ineptitude” has never once rejected a proposal.