It鈥檚 been a while since the start of the work-week didn鈥檛 begin with the Liberals finding themselves at the centre of a fresh controversy.

Editor: I feel like I am as equal as yourself but yet when it comes to our local RCMP I am not treated as a equal.

Editor: Headlines have mistakenly suggested that common-law couples are now 鈥渕arried鈥� under B.C.鈥檚 new Family Law Act. This is not true.

Editor: To the people who bring their dogs to the track, I say please bring a doggy doo bag with you.

Editor: Although we have limited transportation options in this part of Canada, there are things we can do to lessen use of fossil fuels.

Editor: I would like to mention a few details you might want to consider before you welcome the gateway pipeline to a backyard near you.

Oil made the news last week twice, and it couldn鈥檛 have been better scripted from the province鈥檚 point of view.

Editor: This has been bothering me for several weeks and I feel I must write about it.

Editor: We attended the Renewal Northwest forum in 亚洲天堂 Lake at College of New Calendonia, hosted by federal NDP representative Cullen.

When MP Nathan Cullen came through town, he told us that he found very little support across the region for the idea of a bitumen pipeline.