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Healthy marriages build a thriving society

Healthy marriages build a thriving society

Marriage contributes to family stability and needs to be recovered, says researchers
Safety advice for women isn’t ‘blaming the victim.’

Safety advice for women isn’t ‘blaming the victim.’

Taylor Swift’s sexual assault case important step for women
OPINION: Battle against intolerance will be fought in history classrooms

OPINION: Battle against intolerance will be fought in history classrooms

A complete accounting of the past – not platitudes – is our best weapon against racist mistruths
BC VIEWS: Notes from the forest fire zone

BC VIEWS: Notes from the forest fire zone

Media hype aside, this is not the worst fire season ever
Hopefully other LNG projects will bring prosperity to the northwest

Hopefully other LNG projects will bring prosperity to the northwest

The cancellation of PNW LNG is a loss to the northwest economy, says Terrace writer
Ripple rock 4

Ripple rock 4

It was Saturday. We were five days into April. British Columbia was one hundred years old. A lot of the province’s men had grown luxuriant beards to commemorate the event because beards were fashionable in 1858, and the lumberjacks of yore wore them. At the age of 9, I couldn’t have grown a beard if I’d wanted to, and more important by leaps and bounds than the provincial centenary was the fact that Capitol Hill School was closed on Saturday.
Slow down and smell the coffee

Slow down and smell the coffee

“What’s our rush?” asks Terrace B.C. writer as he ponders the pace of life and movement of time
They don’t make ‘em like they used to

They don’t make ‘em like they used to

Funny how it takes longer to get tools needed for a task than to do the actual task itself
What technique do you use to throw someone under the bus?

What technique do you use to throw someone under the bus?

Thin-skinned President Donald Trump has popularized a quaint rare pastime.
The Guns of 1917: A History of Violence

The Guns of 1917: A History of Violence

For romantics, Paris may be the City of Lights. But for historians, it’s the City of War. A tour of the French capital helped prepare us for our trip to Vimy Ridge.