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Fisheries changes make waves

Salmon Arm Observer - Saturday May 19, 2012

The list of those speaking out to oppose the current plan by the federal government to weaken the Fisheries Act grows daily.

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Understanding the writer’s itch

Salmon Arm Observer - Friday May 18, 2012

I was in a used book store on Vancouver Island and found a book written by someone that I considered both a friend and a mentor.

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No longer camera shy

Salmon Arm Observer - Tuesday May 15, 2012

But things are changing. Mental illness is becoming more understood and less feared.

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Nutrition doubly important during pregnancy

Salmon Arm Observer - Tuesday May 15, 2012

When I ask women when they first started gaining weight, the answer is almost always, “When I had my kids.”

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Studies indicate oil sands pollution proven hazardous

Salmon Arm Observer - Tuesday May 15, 2012

Tom Fletcher is pushing an argument that was proven wrong in 2010.

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Be cautious with rising waters

Salmon Arm Observer - Tuesday May 15, 2012

You don’t have to be a boy scout to know that being prepared for an emergency is the best way to go through life.

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An integral part of sunny summers in the Shuswap

Salmon Arm Observer - Saturday May 12, 2012

In my column last week, I said that I have always tried to show respect for nature.

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Moms in only six words

Salmon Arm Observer - Tuesday May 8, 2012

Mother’s Day is fast approaching — quick, all you delinquent sons and daughters, you still have time to get that card posted.

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We can keep drunks off the road

Salmon Arm Observer - Tuesday May 8, 2012

In speaking to police and prosecutors, the single biggest criminal issue they deal with in Salmon Arm is impaired driving.

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Is graffiti an art form?

Salmon Arm Observer - Sunday May 6, 2012

As I watch the exotic names pass by, my imagination is taken to travel and what might be in those boxes stacked two high.

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Salmon crusader visits Shuswap region

Salmon Arm Observer - Saturday May 5, 2012

Wild salmon are clearly the Shuswap’s most iconic species. Not only did these fish help sustain the Secwepemc people…

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Learning about nature and respect

Salmon Arm Observer - Friday May 4, 2012

I have generally made it a point not to respond to people who either take exception to or disagree with what I write.

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Where’s Cooper on pot prohibition?

Salmon Arm Observer - Wednesday May 2, 2012

The call for legalization of marijuana in B.C. is getting louder and is coming from people who carry significant weight in their communities

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Capturing the imagination

Salmon Arm Observer - Wednesday May 2, 2012

What is it that makes a story compelling? What makes it capture the imagination?

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Eat your weeds and enjoy fresh greens

Salmon Arm Observer - Wednesday May 2, 2012

Gardening is one of those things I love more in spirit than in practice.

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Fishing a great choice for families in the Shuswap

Salmon Arm Observer - Friday April 27, 2012

I read, with interest, about our city council giving its approval to stock sterile rainbow trout in McGuire Lake.

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Ceremony highlights worker safety

Salmon Arm Observer - Wednesday April 25, 2012

On April 28, the province will have the chance to come together and remember among others, the 142 workers in B.C. who lost their lives.

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We can all volunteer

Salmon Arm Observer - Wednesday April 25, 2012

It was National Volunteer Week in Canada last week, but pardon me for being a little belated.

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RFP process discourages

Salmon Arm Observer - Wednesday April 25, 2012

I write to explain why, as the only local firm asked to bid on the city’s website, we did not submit a proposal as reported.

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Columnist neglects important facts

Salmon Arm Observer - Wednesday April 25, 2012

Columnist Tom Fletcher mocks David Suzuki for leaving his Foundation to reduce the risk of it losing charitable tax status.

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