With the federal election looming, I have been giving considerable thought to where the different political parties stand
This was going to be the winter that I try ice fishing. The weather, however, did not co-operate
In last week’s column, I discussed some of the facts regarding the B.C. government’s planned cull of 184 grey wolves
The BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations announced that they were initiating a cull
We elect our federal government to make reasonably sound decisions on our behalf and to implement policies that reflect the wishes
When I got home last night from work I noticed there had been a power outage
How often have I stood and cast my line to the unknown – to some momentary flash of silver in the waters off to the corner of my eye
There is a wonderful, childlike sense of anticipation connected to Christmas
Six long months of freezing cold temperatures, drifting snow and bleak grey skies
The Christmas season is upon us, which means carols on the radio, two inches of fliers stuffed into each and every newspaper…
Some time over the course of last winter I got it into my head that I wanted to go ice fishing
Author and retired fisheries officer Randy Nelson spent the better part of 35 years chasing and, more often than not, catching poachers
There was a time when I would have been annoyed at having to wait for a train to pass
The other day I bumped into a friend at a local department store who was in the process of deciding on which pair of binoculars to buy
We are governed by a desire for things to remain the same – in spite of the inevitability of change.
Even though November is still a few days away, it already feels like November. It has for a couple of weeks now
There are salmon in the Adams River… lots and lots of bright red sockeye salmon
There are salmon in the Adams River… lots and lots of bright red sockeye salmon
This year’s Fraser River sockeye salmon run has been estimated to be anywhere from 7.3 million fish to as high as 72.5 million
It was rainy, it was cold, the river bank was no place for a 65 year old.