Opinion

In a recent column, I suggested that the National Hockey League be blown up and restarted under a more reasonable financial structure. It would upset the players in a big way and please the owners in an even bigger way.

I don’t usually review books in my column. It took over a year for local author James Black to convince me to read For Freedom & Honour, but once I started I couldn’t put it down.

It is around that time of year when pumpkins are carved, the daylight hours have shortened, and the temperatures take a steady dive. I am excited for an annual fishing trip to Smithers, B.C., to chase for the famous steelhead in the Bulkley River.

George Gonzo has resided in the Ghost Lake area for the past 30 years. He actually just lived on his ranch on weekends, because as he put it, the rest of the week was spent on airplanes, travelling coast to coast from Halifax to Victoria.

The citizens who created the Cochrane Sustainability Plan identified 13 Pathways to Sustainability for this community. So far, I have written about the first nine. Pathway 10 reads: “there is enough room for everything a community should have.

Simple is the answer to the National Hockey League lockout which is causing even the most loyal fan to question that loyalty. Pay attention and come along for the ride.

So do you think the experts that picked Detroit to win the World Series are the same ones that picked Wildrose to form the government? And now do you wish they were right? And how about the provincial Tories? I watched question period the other day a

Globetrotting coffee companion Jack Popjes reminded me recently of a line famously associated with Mark Twain: “The trouble with the world is . . . that they know so many things that aren’t so.

On my recent trip to Toronto, I had three objectives; take a copy of my book Marathon Quest and give it to Right To Play (RTP) CEO, Johann Koss, compete in Bonsai the Don, a trail race with a twist, and run the Scotiabank Waterfront Marathon.

It was just a three-paragraph story on an almost hidden page near the back of a copy of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the larger of two newspapers in the Nevada metropolis. But it certainly hit home and offers some food for thought.