Mark Rushton

COLUMN: Legal sale of ‘soothers’ a Sumas stimulus?

COLUMN: Reality also means there will be losses

Living in the country is, in many ways, like food for the soul...

COLUMN: Legal sale of ‘soothers’ a Sumas stimulus?
COLUMN: Reroute rather than shift the problem

COLUMN: An idea that shouldn’t be stored away

It was determined, thanks to a shoebox full of stuff, the last cleaning was perhaps many springs ago...

COLUMN: Reroute rather than shift the problem
COLUMN: Reroute rather than shift the problem

COLUMN: Rural areas not dump sites for anything

It’s frustrating when hauling a trailer load of waste to be recycled that I’m passed, going the other way...

COLUMN: Reroute rather than shift the problem
COLUMN: Reroute rather than shift the problem

COLUMN: Questionable selection process for this survey

The document so addressed was from BC Hydro, and related to a “service address” I have...

COLUMN: Reroute rather than shift the problem
COLUMN: Without protection, there is no incentive

COLUMN: Port strike has effect on B.C.’s economy

The port shutdown has already cost 142 direct jobs, and probably more indirect jobs, in Terrace due to a mill closure...

COLUMN: Without protection, there is no incentive
COLUMN: Now is when the year really begins

COLUMN: Now is when the year really begins

Spring, finally, seems to have sprung although its official start is about 10 days away...

COLUMN: Now is when the year really begins
COLUMN: Without protection, there is no incentive

COLUMN: Time to think ‘weather’ before choosing venue

If there is one thing you can say about the weather we experience here in ‘“British Columbia by the sea,” it is changeable...

COLUMN: Without protection, there is no incentive
COLUMN: An abbreviated history of 20 political years

COLUMN: An abbreviated history of 20 political years

Michael de Jong’s career as a provincial representative for the various iterations of West Abbotsford began on Feb. 17, 1994...

COLUMN: An abbreviated history of 20 political years
COLUMN: Remembering the contribution of Harry DeJong

COLUMN: Remembering the contribution of Harry DeJong

DeJong, a man who served our community and our province with dedication, diligence and devotion to making where we live a better place

COLUMN: Remembering the contribution of Harry DeJong
COLUMN: There’s a price to pay for making your own

COLUMN: There’s a price to pay for making your own

The technical evolution of devices that brings music to our ears began, instruments aside, with huge wind-up units...

COLUMN: There’s a price to pay for making your own
COLUMN: There’s a price to pay for making your own

COLUMN: An ATV that warms the heart and soul

Though my sons have had them since they were small... motorcycles have never really been my thing...

COLUMN: There’s a price to pay for making your own
COLUMN: There’s a price to pay for making your own

COLUMN: Preservation requires co-operation

From someone whose life has revolved around words, I find it disturbing how often many of them are misused...

COLUMN: There’s a price to pay for making your own
COLUMN: Curiosity the driver of class reunions

COLUMN: Curiosity the driver of class reunions

Like many of you, I’m sure, receiving a blast from the past brings back memories long buried...

COLUMN: Curiosity the driver of class reunions
COLUMN: Must give respect to earn respect, and help

COLUMN: Must give respect to earn respect, and help

The other day, when the weather was still mild, I figured it was time to blow all the leaves off the driveway and dispose of them...

COLUMN: Must give respect to earn respect, and help
COLUMN: Lower costs would be greater convenience

COLUMN: No winner for us in the world of curling

A week ago Sunday, I was flicking through the television channels when I spotted curling...

COLUMN: Lower costs would be greater convenience

COLUMN: Solve this dilemma through referendum

Like my garage, the Canadian Senate is in dire need of a thorough cleansing...

COLUMN: More than one impact to this dam plan?

COLUMN: More than one impact to this dam plan?

The Similkameen River provides one of the most spectacularly scenic drives in Canada, if not North America...

COLUMN: More than one impact to this dam plan?
COLUMN: Weather not the only bullet to dodge

COLUMN: Weather not the only bullet to dodge

I’m not certain age brings wisdom so much as the realization that the body is no longer up to spending a weekend in a sodden tent...

COLUMN: Weather not the only bullet to dodge
COLUMN: It’s not just bears that are in danger

COLUMN: It’s not just bears that are in danger

The recent media frenzy over a hockey player killing a grizzly bear for trophy purposes, needs to be put somewhat into perspective.

COLUMN: It’s not just bears that are in danger
COLUMN: Taxing wells may open Pandora’s box

COLUMN: Taxing wells may open Pandora’s box

Last summer I raised the issue of regulations being considered that would result in the metering of private water wells.

COLUMN: Taxing wells may open Pandora’s box