http://www.saobserver.net/opinion RSS Feed for Opinion - Salmon Arm Observer en-us Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.saobserver.net/opinion/151805975.html The list of those speaking out to oppose the current plan by the federal government to weaken the Fisheries Act grows daily. http://www.saobserver.net/opinion/151805825.html 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. http://www.saobserver.net/opinion/151629445.html But things are changing. Mental illness is becoming more understood and less feared. http://www.saobserver.net/opinion/151631675.html When I ask women when they first started gaining weight, the answer is almost always, “When I had my kids.” http://www.saobserver.net/opinion/151631105.html Tom Fletcher is pushing an argument that was proven wrong in 2010. http://www.saobserver.net/opinion/151629675.html 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. http://www.saobserver.net/opinion/150868405.html In my column last week, I said that I have always tried to show respect for nature. http://www.saobserver.net/opinion/150678005.html Mother’s Day is fast approaching — quick, all you delinquent sons and daughters, you still have time to get that card posted. http://www.saobserver.net/opinion/150677775.html In speaking to police and prosecutors, the single biggest criminal issue they deal with in Salmon Arm is impaired driving. http://www.saobserver.net/opinion/150027005.html As I watch the exotic names pass by, my imagination is taken to travel and what might be in those boxes stacked two high.