American poet Lucille Clifton is often quoted as saying that she aimed in her poetry to “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” “The job of the newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” – humorist Finley Peter Dunne
Archives for May 2016
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Photography by Jeremy Cook
Giving
ODN giving funds to Highway to Healing Left to right – Gail Bariskill, Joan McCaughey and Ernie Dumais – all directors of the organization that helps families with travel and other expenses when a child is sick. The cheque in the amount of $200. Yesterday the Oliver Kiwanis gave H2H $500 for their community efforts.
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Great image – real or not
British Columbia wildfire officials are reminding the public that flying drones near fires can be dangerous and costly. Fire information officer Amanda Reynolds said the BC Wildfire Service received two reports of unmanned aerial vehicles near wildfires on Friday. She says crews saw some people getting ready to launch a drone near the Beatton Airport […]



