Opinion

A couple of days ago I was in touch with Kevin Crook via e-mail voicing my concerns regarding the new wall structure at the Fort Information Centre.

I was interested to read Nechako Lakes Liberal MLA John Rustad’s comments regarding the Enbridge pipeline proposal in the Caledonia Courier of June 29, 2011. Mr. Rustad is quoted as saying that the provincial government supports the pipeline if “it can be done safely for the environment.”

Same idea there. When a bear not only loses its fear of humans and human dwellings, but figures out how to actually open doors, it has become dangerous. Humans, certainly, need to go a long way to not disturbing the natural order of things in the animal kingdom, but doing nothing when animals become dangerous is irresponsible to the community.

I am often amazed by this community and how much there is going on all the time, how people are constantly coming together to organize different events. This Canada Day was no exception, with amazing things to see and do all day, and so much of the town out doing it.

Leadership is more than a title. Someone can be put in charge, appointed or elected, but it takes a little something more to become a ‘Leader’.

There were high hopes and harsh words in 2000 when the provincial and federal governments signed Canada’s first modern-day treaty with the Nisga’a people of northwestern B.C.

Kartar Chahal Goodbye Fort St. James

After meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Premier Christy Clark delivered a luncheon speech to the Economic Club of Toronto. Her big talking point was the rise of the Asia-Pacific region.

Last week, I stopped watching after the Boston Bruins hoisted the Stanley Cup and skated it around the arena, and so I was blissfully unaware of the carnage taking place that night in downtown Vancouver.

Let’s assume that when everyone in B.C. gets to be finance minister for a day, a majority choose to throw a $3-billion chair through the office window to show how mad they are about the harmonized sales tax. The cleanup will take two years, but first there will be a provincial election to decide who holds the broom and dustpan. And the choices are becoming clear.