Opinion

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. I believe that DFO never thought the recreational sector could unite and stand up for their collective rights. The B.C. Sportfishing Coalition proved them wrong. The flawed halibut allocation policy has now become a political issue and rightfully so.

I just wanted to write and say how honoured I feel to have worked with such a great team of people at St. John Hospital. I worked at St. John from Nov. 2006 until Jan. 2011.

Over the last week I have been thinking a great about my own place in this community as I work on this series of stories about the Vanderhoof Spirit of Diversity Project (see pages one and nine).

The e-mail hit my in-box early in the morning. I was on deadline and when I read the first line about Enbridge teaming up with hair salons for something or other, I immediately prioritized the press release to the bottom of the pile. “Enbridge trying to clean up its image with some sort of charity program, should be a paid ad,” I thought.

I heard something on the radio a couple of weeks back about potential jury members being checked out on Facebook in an attempt for lawyers to find the best jury.

I'm sure many people could think of times when you felt like lying was truly the best option.

On January 20th we are the family that lost everything in our trailer fire in the Omineca trailer park.

Premier Christy Clark has delivered on one of her promises – to have a smaller cabinet.