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Abandonment a shameful act

The Shelter is bursting at the seams which is not a new thing but some animals are being received because people who have pets feel it’s their god given right to abandon them as they see fit - whether its in front of the old and now the new shelter or just dumped anywhere and left to their own devices.

Shakes, rattles and rolls a constant

Just got an interesting e-mail from a friend – complete with a map of the location of earthquakes around the world. The map refreshed itself every five minutes.

Did he jump or was he pushed

Returning to the question I ended with last week, was Trafford Hall really fired by council?

Did haiibut reaction catch DFO by surprise?

During the 2010 “Halibut Transfer Mechanism” meetings, a senior DFO member told me the only way to change the current halibut allocation policy was with political pressure.

Good safety and environmental records go hand-in-hand

I went to the Enbridge community advisory board meeting on March 23 as an observer.

Minimum wage reaction appalling

I am always appalled to hear negative business reaction to proposals to increases the BC minimum wage.

And the answer is ...

As in how golden was municipal manager Trafford Hall’s parachute?

Fear not the knocking at your door

John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.”

The math says keep Shames

I thought that I put together a brief look at the expenses of downhill skiing/boarding in the Northwest in light of the upcoming deadline to purchase Shames Mountain by the Shames Mountain Co-op initiative.

Bits and pieces

Let’s start with city council’s latest - and hopefully last - decision on this year’s tax take.