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DAY SEVEN .... the week of July 21st to 27th


Welcome to Day Seven ... and the end of the week on a host of articles and opinion pieces that were shared this week. Forestry concerns have loomed large on the horizon all week, and that showed. with two of the ten spots being taken up with that.  What’s the right food to eat ... election expenses and more were also part of this weeks ten most read commentaries. 

And, we have the first, of what I hope will be many pieces, from legal expert and someone who has also been elected as a school trustee and city councillor -- John O’Fee.  Speaking of the name John, Mr. Twigg starts the week off in the Number Ten spot ... so let’s get underway.


#10 ...July 26th
JOHN TWIGG -- Federal Tory coalition has many questions waiting to be answered


#9 ... July 27th
JOHN O’FEE -- School Enrolment Data Showing Interesting Trends ... down in Metro Vancouver – up in Kamloops and BC interior


#8 ... July 26th
UNITED WAY – ‘As winter and the holiday season approaches, food, heating, clothing and mental health will be a growing concern for those facing unemployment (in the forest industry)’


#7 ... July 22nd
ADAM OLSEN -- the government has made the decision that we are going to turn and look the other way while the steelhead trout go extinct


#6 ... July 21st
You searched for ‘2019 Energy and Mines Minister’s Conference’ in BC government News -- NO RESULTS FOUND


#5 ... July 23rd
FELDSTED -- Getting our knickers in a knot over which available foods are healthiest is like sorting through a pirate chest of gold, silver and jewels trying to decide what we like best


#4 ... July 22nd

STATS CAN -- Claims up in most provinces in May


#3 ... July 25th
DAN ALBAS -- The new ‘pre-writ’ period, created by the Trudeau Liberals, ensured that the restrictions on expenses only applied to political parties – NOT the Prime Minister and his Ministers


#2 ... July 26th
‘The time has come for the blaming to end, and a plan be put into motion. Let’s get the right people at the table, and together as a province turn this around’, Trevor Bolin


And last stop, at the top ... here’s Number One from July 25th ...The reality is these 118 new buses are basically replacing existing ones which are now at the end of their life cycle - not actually increasing capacity


I hope you’ve enjoyed a pleasant week ... and I hope your Summer has been going well. Have a great day, and we’ll be back with a fresh batch of stories, opinions, and commentaries once again, starting tomorrow.
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