Opinion

There is a Buddhist proverb which says that the lotus flower blooms most beautifully from the deepest and thickest mud. On the evening of Sept. 19 hundreds of Rankinmiut gathered to hold a candlelit healing circle following a tragic death in the community.

Correction: An error appeared in the original version of this editorial. Beryllium, niobium and tantalum are rare metals. Yellowknifer regrets the mistake.

Dear Minister Green,

Dear editor,

I used to work as the attendance person at the catholic school in Yellowknife in the early 2000s. My job was to take attendance for the entire school daily.

Before we jump into the fun and frolic of Sports Talk this week, a few words about Sept. 30 and Orange Shirt Day.

A couple of weeks ago I was at the dump dropping a couple of things off. In one of the areas where I knew all the stuff there would soon be bulldozed and buried, a dump treasure was calling out to me “Save Me.”

Team Galusha is on some kind of roll.

Well, the sweet smile of providence was beaming down on us as we nosed the Millennium Raven into beautiful, solid terra firma at the town dock where our adventure began.

Premiers are always lightning rods.