DAY SEVEN … a look back at the week of July 28th to August 3rd

It’s been a hot week … at least here in the interior of BC, which has allowed me to get a little painting in on the outside of the house, in between posting commentaries and opinion pieces for the blog.

For the second week in a row we have one in the top 10 from our latest contributor, John O’Fee … we talk about free speech … environmental issues come in with two different stories … forestry is back … as well as an opinion piece of service vs. support dogs and why there should not be a difference.

Now … let’s get underway with #10, a post from just yesterday (Saturday August 3^rd) 

Free speech is an essential pillar of democracy ... and governments, institutions, commissions, the owners of Social Media platforms, and the courts have slowly been whittling away at that pillar 

#9 … July 29^th … 
RUSTAD -- by 2025 rural forestry communities in British Columbia could have tumbleweeds rolling down the main street

#8 … July 31^st … 
AARON GUNN -- It’s a crime that was just the most recent, in what is a long history of violence 

#7 … August 2^nd …

FELDSTED -- What environmentalists won’t tell us 

#6 … … July 31^st … 
‘A BC Conservative Government will make changes to schooling which will include financial management and other real-life skills our children need for success’, BC Conservative leader Trevor Bolin stated today 

#5 … August 2^nd … 
Dr. 'Lyn Anglin, founding president and CEO of Geoscience BC, takes a look at what happened at the Mount Polley copper and gold mine after its 2014 tailings accident 

#4 August 2^nd … 
KELOWNA-WEST BC Liberal MLA Ben Stewart is on the sidelines once again –- a place likely beginning to feel quite familiar to him, given past history 

#3 … August 1^st … 
SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST BRILLIANT; ‘In Brendon's defence...I still don't know how much Scheer spends on hookers and blow’ 

#2 … August 1^st … 
JOHN O’FEE -- Oh Those Potholes!

And now we finish up with the most read commentary of the week … a personal one that deals with the need for better understanding around mental health issues; 

July 29^th … 
The Miki Dog is even-tempered which makes it a great choice for a therapy dog and it is not aggressive with or intimidated by other dogs 

And that’s it for this week.  I’ll be back tomorrow with another commentary or two, and then I’ll be away from the blog for a couple days, returning Thursday August 8^th.

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