Opinion

This tale is called the prospector’s lament. Two newcomers to the north, who thought they might want to go prospecting, sat down with a grizzly old timer, in a bar, possibly the Gold Range bar.

As workers across Canada continue to struggle to make ends meet, we need to put their families first by supporting strong, stable public services when they need them most.

Medical travel is sure useful when we need it, eh? Nobody says it’s perfect, but man it’s a relief when we’re sent out for services that are not available in our home community, whether we live in a smaller place or in Yellowknife.

The wind and the rain. The thunder and the lightning. They show that we have an active atmosphere and that’s a good thing because without it we wouldn’t be alive.

From Charles Criss, Eagle River, Alaska I reside in Alaska and visited the Northwest Territories in late May. After losing air pressure in a tire on my Jeep, I stopped at Kal Tire in Hay River and spoke with Eddie Lepine.

The city held a well-attended public meeting on homelessness recently. It was a gathering at the Tree of Peace that attracted well over 50 people from all walks of life.

I was scanning the news a few days ago when a headline piqued my curiosity. It said, “Police chief says houses don’t just blow up.

We must be vigilant to prevent wildfires

As a prospector, I’ve worked all over Northern Canada. When out in the field, if I needed any water to drink, cook or wash with, I just went to the nearest lake, stream or river and got a bucket of the stuff.