We Stand on Guard for Thee – US Version [I have delayed until next week a post that was already written for this week in order to look South.]   In the year 2017: Senator James Risch, Republican chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, interrogated Attorney General Jeff Sessions at a hearing of […]

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2017   521 million dollars 2018  455 million dollars 2019  107 million dollars ten year average for fire suppression is 242 million dollars  

Kids went back to school last month but unfortunately there is still a gaping hole in the curriculum that they will be taught. Financial literacy is arguably the most important subject that needs to be taught to the next generation and yet it is still not part of the core curriculum. Many teachers and even […]

In 21st century Canada, Halloween means costumes, trick-or-treating, and lots of candy. But what was Halloween like a century ago? The BC Provincial Police Station (now the Oliver Museum) was built in 1924. What costumes did the people of Oliver wear that year? What did they do to celebrate? The Oliver & District Heritage Society […]

Basic Questions of Life I realize that some people rarely think about crucial philosophical issues in life. Yet, the 5 most frequently asked questions of life are probably like the 5 W’s of investigative journalism: who, what, when, where and why. Where did I come from and how did I get here? Why am I […]