The Canadian Cancer Society is calling for tougher tobacco-related regulations after new data released today shows a very high number of high school students are using flavoured tobacco products. The national Youth Smoking Survey found more than half (53 per cent) of high school students in BC who used tobacco products in the previous 30 […]
Archives for 2013
Pacific Silica – Hwy 97 North
First lesson is free
New location – next week
Tobacco industry just won’t go away
Operation Christmas Child
I am starting to promote Operation Christmas Child around town again this year. Boxes and packing instructions are available at Dollarama or the Oliver Alliance church. Gift-filled shoeboxes will be collected from November 18-22 at the Oliver Alliance Church during office hours, 8:30am-3pm. From there, boxes will be shipped to various countries to be given […]
A story from Laird Smith
Wally and Auntie Kay had their share of dogs on the farm. Shortly after I was born, a relative gave them a Hound cross named Buster. The relative had spoiled him by allowing him to ride in their car. However, with wife, four children and himself, Wally had little room left for the dog, so […]
A report from Parliament Hill
Emails or e-myths? There are some online stories that seem to have a life of their own. Several versions are making the rounds by email – some got their start well before I took office in 2006. Most seem to have a kernel of truth that has been distorted over time, just like the old […]