Opinion

While the recent Canada Post strike have wreaked havoc across the country, there was a silver lining to the distinct lack of mail. Since Omineca Express subscribers had to come in and collect their papers from the office, we decided to run a poll with three questions we thought were relevant to locals at the moment. Here are the results:

HST is good for agriculture.

It’s only been a week since the Stanley Cup final, but it doesn’t even feel like there was a game.

In the past week several fires have been purposely lit in the paper recycling bin beside the Vanderhoof Co-op.

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.

While I know there are bigger stories going on, I think the media really missed the boat last week.

If they’re not disrupted by a strike at Canada Post, more than three million voting packages will be sent out in mid-June so voters can have their say on the harmonized sales tax.

Opponents of the HST can't seem to resist making the tax sound worse than it really is.

The Tourism Industry Association of B.C. has struggled with the impact of the harmonized sales tax, but supports it at a reduced rate.

Observances from a 2,000-kilometre road trip through B.C. and Alberta on the May long weekend: