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Columbia River - Revelstoke MLA Doug Clovechok My Dad taught my brother and I how to hunt and fish from an early age. He taught the values that come with these activities, he helped us discover the deep-seated love and respect we have to this day for all things wild.  As my Dad would say, 'By virtue of the fact that we are hunters, we are conservationists '. Fast forward a couple of decades and now some of the most rewarding moments in my life have been teaching my children, and my grandchildren, how to hunt and fish. The rewards come in many ways.  It is where a mother and father can witness the first time their children hit the target with their pellet gun. It is where parents can experience the excitement of watching his son or daughter hyperventilating at the sight of his first buck in the wild.   Then the first time, in the deer camp, when you hear the excited exclama tions of your kids who have finally managed to take their first buck.  ...

The brave new world of plant-based eating Rita DeMontis ~~ Toronto Sun ~~ January 27, 2019 After years in the making, the new Canada’s Food Guide has exploded on the food scene, much like popcorn in a popper ... there’s a spanking new plate brimming with fruits, veggies … and very little else. Whole grains get to sit in the corner. Traditional protein is an afterthought (I like the visual of 1/4 of an egg – where’s the rest?) ... how is this brave new food guide going to impact on such institutions as soup kitchens and food banks? Oh, no canned meats or fish, please. I haven’t eaten in days yet what do you have back there in the way of a bag of plant-based fill-in-the-blanks. ... if a cow eats only grass, does the beef become a plant-based protein? Interesting concept. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY Another adventure in social engineering, by our federal government, is underway. This time they want to turn us all into low carbon, docile...