Opinion

First term councillor John Douglas proposed an increase in council's pay and benefits and was trounced for it.

They woo you, compliment you and are supremely confident. Then they marry you and the real them - the narcissist - comes out.

To the Editor, With an unblinking eye on my television set, where Al Jazeera documented a deposed octogenarian despot scurrying across Egypt to his Red Sea hideaway to begin counting his billions, I listened to the BC Liberal leadership debate on CKNW radio.

To the Editor, Port Alberni City Councillor John Douglas’s notice of motion to increase pay rates for the mayor and council is ill-advised, premature, and poorly thought out.

As the Liberal leadership race gets down to its final days, and the new premier of B.C. is selected by party members, B.C. residents should take some time to contemplate the provincial budget, released last week to a collective yawn.

With winter soon to be at our backs and spring rapidly approaching, what better time to share with you a few shooting tips.

Propane tank, plastic lawn chair and a cooler. This isn’t a list for a spring picnic, but instead a few of the many items pulled off of the beaches of Coos Creek during a shoreline cleanup by members of Canada World Youth, the Hupacasath First Nation and West Coast Aquatic.