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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.
B.C. unions, protesters move up

B.C. unions, protesters move up

John Horgan government pleases labour, environmentalists
Trip stirs up questions about society’s imbalance

Trip stirs up questions about society’s imbalance

I am not a keen flyer; I lack the endurance, the tolerance and the essential self-control to cope with all the waiting, queuing, and security hassle associated with air travel. Driving, even over long distances, is, by comparison, rather pleasant.
Get a shoe shine, have a conversation

Get a shoe shine, have a conversation

Columnist Claudette Sandecki learns more about a shoe shiner
Ripple rock 3

Ripple rock 3

Lindy had one trout and was in motion to catch another. She must have sensed that the fact that I hadn’t bought into her enthusiasm was a signal that something was wrong.
Hype doesn’t help forest fire efforts

Hype doesn’t help forest fire efforts

Andrew Weaver’s climate change claim doesn’t match reality