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Ordinary people have a voice

GD#6, who will be going into Grade 2 this year, loves school, but oddly enough she isn’t overly excited yet about going back next week. It seems she’s still waiting for summer.

Liberals pay price for miscalculation

The BC Liberal government never seemed to get a sense of the full level of the public’s anger over the introduction of the HST.

Whatever happened to me?

“People used to have time to live and enjoy themselves, but there is not time anymore for anything but work, work, work. I was wishing I had lived altogether in those good old days when people had time for things they wanted to do.”

MSG — get the facts

I have a love-hate relationship with the Internet, especially when it comes to health and nutrition information.

Reflections on Jack Layton’s death

Like many others, I was shocked at how frail Jack Layton looked at the press conference when he announced he was fighting another form of cancer and would be taking leave from his duties as the leader of the federal NDP.

Dirty tricks

While I don’t generally agree with many of the statements made by Joan Erb on behalf of the Cariboo Chilcotin Teachers’ Association — I will concede that people are getting a little wound up about the BCTF asking for a 20 per cent wage increase.

Canada Day support appreciated

Editor: We had another wonderful day in Boitanio Park to celebrate Canada’s birthday.

Tomorrow's tax

Tomorrow we expect to know the results of the much-debated HST referendum.

What's going on?

Are we or aren’t we headed for another global recession?

B.C. funding to fight weeds

This week I had the pleasure of making a very significant announcement for our region.