Is Niven Lake too small for two churches?
Members of the Pentecostal Church in the Niven Lake subdivision have voiced their displeasure to city council upon learning that the Jehovah's Witnesses want to erect a church near theirs. Pentecostal Pastor Chris Watkins told council another church in the area would be too close. Do you agree?
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Do kids turn on to Butthead?
The Department of Health Social Services is bringing out its cigarette-loving, lung-hacking, anti-smoking campaign mascot Butthead for another season of smoking cessation messages geared toward kids. The program targets eight to 14-year-olds with the belief that a "fun" campaign is the best way to get kids to stay away from cigarettes. Do you think Butthead is the right approach?
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Does the NWT deserve a C for energy efficiency efforts?
Environment and Natural Resources Minister Michael Miltenberger says he doesn't care what a group called the Canadian Energy Efficiency Alliance thinks about the territorial government's efforts to increase energy efficiency in the territory. The group gave the NWT a C grade in its latest performance review. Is this fair or do these southerners just don't understand what it's like to heat a building north of 60?
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Good berry crop this year?
Avid berry pickers Kathy Mitchell and Edith Mair are rating 2010 as a very good year for Yellowknife-area fruits, such as raspberries and black currants. They said a mix of hot weather and rain was what turned this year's crop into a bumper one. How did you fare in your quest for berries this year?
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