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The omnibus crime bill tabled by the Conservatives, will lead to great debate. The debate will not occur just in the parliament of Canada but also in every community in the country.

Nature is wonderful. The environment will sort itself out until there is a balance. There is enough food for all the species and an ability to adapt to changing conditions.

Why do people get tattoos? To mark one's body with fairly permanent symbols has to be considered odd behaviour.

The Councillor Brian Skakun saga continues.

Global warming is now accepted as a fact. There are exceptions to the warming trend, primarily in our lovely province. When the denizens of Victoria and area start to complain about our summer to date, we know it is a bad summer.

Canadians have taken to formal gambling in a big way. Gambling has become a multimillion dollar generator of revenue for provincial governments. They have been aggressive in both expanding and protecting this lovely tax.

If you live in British Columbia, you are never far from politics. Even Quebec runs second to British Columbia in the diversity of political views.

July 1, the birthday of our country, is probably the best holiday of the year. It doesn't get complicated with gift buying at Christmas or eating eggs purported to be laid by rabbits at Easter. We should all use the day, or several days, to celebrate what a wonderful place Canada is to live.

The riot following the final game of the Stanley Cup playoffs has raised the anger level of many people. Not just in the Vancouver area but throughout the province. The anger does not arise from this single event, but from the change in attitudes, particularly with some of our youth.

Many places add a description to their name reflecting something their community is proud of. One of the more famous is Paris France "City of Lights." There are many fishing capitals and various other descriptions of what those particular places the residents are proud of.