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A fishing guide’s woes on the Skeena River

A fishing guide’s woes on the Skeena River

This year was riddled with poor salmon returns, murky flood waters, and poor management in Terrace
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B.C. VIEWS: B.C. Liberal battle getting bitter

B.C. VIEWS: B.C. Liberal battle getting bitter

Front-runners Andrew Wilkinson, Todd Stone target Dianne Watts
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Liberal leadership hopeful takes advantage of outside lane

Liberal leadership hopeful takes advantage of outside lane

Dianne Watts discusses motivation and priorities
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Countdown to Shames Mountain opening coming to an end

Countdown to Shames Mountain opening coming to an end

For some Terrace skiers and snowboarders, the countdown started over a month ago
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Name-changes are a baffling waste of public resources

Name-changes are a baffling waste of public resources

Facebook doesn’t appear among my daily list of major news outlets so when I read that MP Nathan Cullen had conducted a poll among his 26,000 Facebook followers to gauge their reaction to a proposed riding name change from Skeena-Bulkley Valley to Skeena-Pacific Northwest, it was news to me. Only 240 readers responded. This low count I would chalk up principally to typical lackadaisical reaction to anything political, and followers who are more names than committed supporters.
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A challenge for the region’s scribble of writers

A challenge for the region’s scribble of writers

“You sure talk a lot,” a student in a front desk informed me once. I might have blushed; I hope I laughed. It wasn’t a malicious comment, at least as I perceived it, merely an observation of a peculiarity of his experience. The youth next to him agreed with him, but then added that he first should hear another teacher of their acquaintance if he really wanted to experience pedagogical prolixity.
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B.C. VIEWS: Untold stories of B.C. salmon farms

B.C. VIEWS: Untold stories of B.C. salmon farms

Indigenous people defend their jobs against constant protests
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OPINION: Mandatory full face protection a smart move for hockey

OPINION: Mandatory full face protection a smart move for hockey

‘I can relate more intimately than most; I lost my eye to a hockey stick in June of 1990’
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B.C. VIEWS: One political coalition is plotting to kill another

B.C. VIEWS: One political coalition is plotting to kill another

NDP-Green plan to conquer rural B.C. begins to take shape
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The songs that bring us together

The songs that bring us together

Online news this week reported so many distressing behaviours by people with no regard for the welfare of family or friends, it was a welcome relief to come upon five musical videos posted by airline travellers who were stalled at Pearson International Airport waiting for their delayed Westjet flight. The waiting room was crammed with Newfoundlanders and Labradorians anxious to get back to The Rock.
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