Opinion

As true winter approaches, we see changes in the insect population as those tiny and not so tiny critters prepare to survive another winter.

By Peter Kvarnstrom Does local journalism matter? You bet it does. Community newspapers employ thousands of journalists across our community and across our great country.

Dear Editor This letter is for the “hunters” who think car windows are in season. When land is posted as “no hunting” it is usually to protect property rather than wildlife. The landowner has a right to protect his belongings.

The technology sector has always been one of the more interesting areas to watch. New ideas are continually being developed and innovative products are being brought to market.

Around dawn on Oct 11, across the northern United States, five pipelines were struck at various remote sites, roughly simultaneously.

In this series of articles, Dr. Richard Hiebert tells the stories of the Battlefords' great dance bands from the 1940s to the present.

Dear Editor As president of the Battlefords Heritage Society, I have limited access to the goings on in the downtown core. But usually my hunches are correct. There is no plan to manage our historic structures downtown.

I do not fear doing my job. I am afraid of doing a bad job but when I write something opposing people like Stephen Harper or Donald Trump, I do not fear for my life. Not every journalist in the world has that luxury. The same can be said for voting.

I have a new found appreciation for people who can sew. Sewing has never been an interest of mine and with so little that needs to be sewn I have never had the opportunity to give it a try.

When Ed, my old neighbour from Saskatchewan, called yesterday I told him that we had suffered a power outage at our end of the Fraser Valley. It sure was quiet at our house, no television, no Internet for the computer.