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Where are all the women?

Where are all the women?

I admit it - when I saw the story running in the media recently about B.C. Premier Christy Clark's cleavage I felt like hitting my head against a brick wall.
Pay parking too costly

Pay parking too costly

This whole pay parking in the day lots fiasco is inevitable. But for those of us that drive to work and have to park in the day lots, we are losing $1 per hour worked just to park.
Steve Jobs made technology cool

Steve Jobs made technology cool

Steve Jobs passed away on Oct. 5 after a long battle with cancer. He hung in until the end, only stepping down as Apple's CEO over the summer while keeping a raft of other titles and responsibilities with the company.
'Guitar' Doug Craig - more than just music and mountain fun

'Guitar' Doug Craig - more than just music and mountain fun

"I proudly sport a bumper sticker of the Hairfarmers on my pick-up truck. I just love those guys..." A female physiotherapist in Whitefish, Montana He's a Whistler icon. Just look at him. Long, wild hair below his shoulders.
To spend or not to spend

To spend or not to spend

As the old adage goes, there is nothing like a bit of "retail therapy" to burst people out of a rut, or the blues, or anything else we seek to escape when shopping calls.
B-lame Canada

B-lame Canada

I think Canada truly is one of the best countries in the world, but there are some glaring deficiencies when it comes to technology. Not only do we pay more for Internet, cell phones and other gadgetry, we arguably get far less for that money.
How about an apology letter?

How about an apology letter?

(Here) is a little bit of Mayor Ken Melamed's year-end message presented at the Dec. 21 /2010 council meeting: "Our Chief Administrative Officer, Mr. Bill Barratt deserves a huge thanks and enormous credit." It looks like Mr.
The half trillion dollar question

The half trillion dollar question

How much is half a trillion dollars? Picture a million dollars, then times it by 5,000. Now picture a palette stacked with $100 bills.
Grabbing the reins; Korthals goes for it all

Grabbing the reins; Korthals goes for it all

" Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!" - William Butler Yeats She wasn't always a mountain girl.
Exhibit "A"

Exhibit "A"

Everyone I know, including myself, believed that Bill Barratt had served his time and was ready to retire especially when he announced on Monday Jan. 17 that he would be retiring in June.