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Help fuel the Nelson Leafs playoff run

Nelson Star - Tuesday February 21, 2012

Nelson is so many things to so many people, but like every other community across this land hockey is a major thread in our fabric.

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Nelson's great parking dilemma

Nelson Star - Wednesday February 22, 2012

I will have to get up to speed on the status of our current budget discussions.

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Downtown Nelson’s fragile balance

Nelson Star - Thursday February 16, 2012

Kootenay Co-op will be taking its grocery business to the other end of Baker Street.

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This week's Hugs & Slugs offerings

Nelson Star - Wednesday February 15, 2012

Good or bad, an always entertaining offering from the public.

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This Cedar story not over

Nelson Star - Tuesday February 14, 2012

We suspect most Lardeau Valley residents would agree the suspension of Meadow Creek Cedar’s forest license was long overdue.

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In Your Corner: Thoughts on trip to Cuba

Creston Valley Advance - Monday February 20, 2012

My husband and I recently returned from three and a half weeks in Cuba. Each year we like to go backpacking in a different country...

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What I learned at high school

Nelson Star - Monday February 13, 2012

A couple of Saturdays ago, I awoke to a beautiful sunny day and the prospect of spending most of that day indoors

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The man who made it easy to smile

Nelson Star - Thursday February 9, 2012

Dave Macdonald, who passed away in Nelson at 94, was among the first people I’d ask whenever I had a local historical question.

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Nelson welcomed to the 10,000 club

Nelson Star - Thursday February 9, 2012

Numbers don’t lie and Wednesday’s census tally confirms what most of us already know: Nelson is a great place to live

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Budgets and bankruptcy

Nelson Star - Tuesday February 7, 2012

Last week I watched with horror the news story about San Jose, California.

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Nelson's bottom line crunch

Nelson Star - Tuesday February 7, 2012

It’s the time of the year when city councillors earn their paltry pay.

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Swimmers strong at Snowfest

Nelson Star - Thursday February 2, 2012

The Kelowna Snowfest Swim Meet late last month stood true to its name.

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Reflections on time in Cuba

Nelson Star - Thursday February 2, 2012

My husband and I recently returned from three and a half weeks in Cuba.

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Protection without fear

Nelson Star - Thursday February 2, 2012

To serve and protect: it’s at the core of police work. It’s one of the aspects of Canadian society that makes us the envy of so many.

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Reflections on time in Cuba

Nelson Star - Wednesday February 1, 2012

My husband and I recently returned from three and a half weeks in Cuba

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How the world arrives

Nelson Star - Tuesday January 31, 2012

The mystique of a tiny mountain town tucked away in the “wild mountains of British Columbia” builds to the outside world.

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Daddy at the dentist: A tale about tolerance

Nelson Star - Wednesday January 25, 2012

Our family is currently at the stage where my dad has been forced into complex care.

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Immersion consultation

Nelson Star - Tuesday January 24, 2012

There are few things parents get more passionate about than their child’s education

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Nelson council off to an agenda-packed start

Nelson Star - Tuesday January 24, 2012

Last week I was doing a radio interview; the host introduced me as “perhaps Nelson’s greenest councillor"

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Keeping the pace not easy

Nelson Star - Thursday January 19, 2012

More great exposure for Nelson last week, this time in one of the most influential publications in the UK.

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