Opinion

One day the song Mellow Yellow just jumped into my brain. It is one of those songs that once you’ve heard it several times, you can play it in your head. The trouble is it just keeps playing. Nice song but it can also get a little annoying and be hard to get rid of. This is probably why it was such a success, way back when. It was written and sung by a fellow named Donavan in 1967. So, it is an oldie.

Friends, In honour of the 215 valiant children, whose remains found at a Kamloops, BC residential school, here are my thoughts.

I don’t ever want to live in a big house with too many doors, too many windows and too many empty silent rooms. If I am ever able to afford to live in a big home like the pink mansion on the hill just before N’dilo, I want to fill it with happiness. With the laughter of my children, my grandchildren and my great grandchildren. I want to fill it with love.

Access to an inexpensive, dependable and fast Internet connection is a basic right for all Canadians

As luck, or perhaps as the fickle finger of fate would have it, a massive supply of disposable flowerpots arrived in Yellowknife, just in time for the summer planting frenzy. All you have to do is go to the KFC and pick up a few. They come in a variety of sizes, small, medium, and large. If you don’t like chicken, don’t despair. They can also be found in your local dumpster or abandoned beside the road and in ditches. Just give them a quick rinse or wash and they are good to use.

Moccasin Square Gardens is the most recent collection of short stories by famed Dogrib author Richard Van Camp. Clashing Van Camp’s brand of karmic comedy, memorable one-liners, and intimate connection to the North, Moccasin Square Gardens delivered what I had come to expect and so much more.

Friends, here is another of the chapters from my upcoming book, now in edits.

We were trying to catch a queen bee which slipped into a local cafe on Sunday while we were enjoying cold drinks. Cup in hand and hoping for a quick rescue, we approached the bee carefully when it landed on the window behind a group of regulars. One of the men came to help with a napkin and we assumed he was going to attempt a brave catch and release.

With the looming closure of the Elks, Hay River has scored a hat trick when it comes to losing service clubs.

Great news – 18 of the 19 students who started the Northern Indigenous Counselling (NIC) program in September have now completed over two semesters of their six-semester program. Yippee, yahoo, hooray!