Opinion

Finally! I'm almost done exams! It's been crazy getting ready for them, but I can't study. I don't retain things very well studying. I'm not entirely sure why. It's been like that forever.

I used to spend my summers at my Grandmother's place up in Northern Ontario. When you first drive into the town of 1,500 people, a tattered banner hangs over the town's main street declaring it "The Most Historical Town in Ontario.

2010 has come and gone and we are out of the gates into a brand new year. This column takes a look back at what happened in our local market and the events that led to those results.

SUPER BOWL: The most ridiculous news story I read last week came from the world of American football. The NFL announced it will sell tickets to people who want to stand OUTSIDE the stadium during the Super Bowl.

It has recently come to my attention, I being a former citizen of, and frequent visitor to, the city of Dawson Creek, of a disturbing situation that has developed among the seniors of your city, whereby they are slowly and deliberately being nudged o

So there's this business flying around the Internet this week about some great big change in the zodiac - apparently there's a 13th sun sign. At first I thought it was a joke, like someone made up a bunch of gag signs, like Ninjasaurus or something.

How many of you recall school days, boredom and the National Film Board? For me it was a relief when a teacher announced we were going to see a N.F.B. movie. Naturally, it would happen piecemeal, as the equipment allowed.

I would like to take a minute to vent at the city council for there recent letters in the paper. Specifically will not clear snow because it costs $75,000, we need this infrastructure as nobody can get around.

One of Kenny and my favourite pastimes, when we were kids, was flipping over the wooden sidewalks in Fort St. John. Other kids did this too, but whenever one was left overturned Kenny and I usually got the blame.

In her last Falling On My Ice column, Kelly ?Blades? Lapointe reflects on her four months of learning to speed skate. I am a provincial silver medal winner! That?s something I never expected.