Opinion

It’s that time of year again — tax time — and in this case we don’t mean filing your income taxes.

The B.C. government has a major selling job to do to get distracted drivers to put away their cellphones and stop fiddling with their GPS devices and sound systems while they’re driving.

It can often be overlooked how important our local ranching community is to the livelihood of our region here in the Cariboo-Chilcotin.

Editor: Re: the Supreme Court of B.C. case involving the Cariboo Regional District and former Area F director Duncan Barnett:

Congratulations, Christy Clark, soon-to-be-B.C.’s 35th premier and the second woman to hold the job.

Editor: Taseko’s “revised” Prosperity mine proposal is fascinating at a number of levels but I’ll focus on just one. Williams Lake Mayor Kerry Cook recently expressed her delight “that Taseko is moving ahead on this project.”

Editor: In response to the B.C. Civil Liberties Association report and rumours about our character and business: I encourage everyone who has heard of or been into Diamonds and Dust Entertainment Lounge to please read page 41 of the recently released BCCLA report.