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DAY SEVEN – a look back at the week of April 28th to May 4th


And so, we come to the end of another week … a week where the topics of discussion included terrorist bombings … on-going arguments over Bills C-48 and 69 … hypocrisy of Greenpeace … Ageism … protect ring Mother Earth … and so much more.

Thank you for dropping by the blog-site, and reading the work of all who provide their commentaries – and remember, you are welcome to comment on any story you agree, disagree, or simply wish to make a statement on.  

Now, without any further delay, here are the 10 most read commentaries of the week:

#10 … JOHN TWIGG:  Notre Dame and Sri Lanka offer new insights into mankind’s precarious prophesied future


#9 … ANDERSON -- This is not a homeless issue; it is a drug and/or mental health issue. Until we are willing to at least be honest about it, we stand no chance of curing it


#8 … Please don’t be ashamed. Just own it. Stop preaching to the masses. When your organization and personnel are willing to walk your own talk, then I guess we’ll have something to discuss


#7 … ADAM OLSEN -- In the beginning, it was the W̱SÁNEĆ teaching to look after Mother Earth, all of the animals, the birds, the trees, the salmon, the wind were— and still are — people


#6 …  FORSETH: Given the words of both Premier Horgan and one-time radical environmentalist George Heyman, we’re not going to see any change in the BC government position



#5 … FORSETH: Weekly earnings of BC employees decreased ... take home pay less than workers in Alberta, Newfoundland / Labrador, Ontario, and Saskatchewan


#4 … ROTHENBURGER:  Ageism is the last bastion of the ‘isms’, and they’re all equally despicable


#3 … Hopefully residents of the city will be more inclined to see the value of a performing arts centre, much as they finally did when it came to building the coliseum at Riverside Park


#2 … FORSETH: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants Canada to be thought of as the peacemakers of the world --- instead, we are the doormats of the world


#1 … Bill C-48 seems to say that these oil substances are only risky in north west British Columbia


Thanks again … and we’ll be back again tomorrow to start anew.
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