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Kevin Carpenter, a Heiltsuk gillnetter from Bella Bella, was preparing his boat for the fishing season when he heard something that would send him and the entire commercial fishing community reeling.

I met a poet once at a book reading in some dark, obscure bar in Vancouver, a lovely shaggy fellow who loved poetry. He said that poetry is 鈥渋nvigorating.鈥� I have always remembered his excitement over poetry.

It鈥檚 now 40 years, almost to the day, since the first case of HIV/AIDS was reported in the U.S. The following year, the first Canadian case was diagnosed.

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In last week鈥檚 column, I referred to 颅gargantuan social media photo-sharing app Instagram as having a million followers. An eagle-eyed professional editor pointed out to me that in fact, Instagram has a billion weekly followers, not a measly million.

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Everything in an ecosystem is connected. A tiny sapling relies on a towering ancient tree, just like a newborn baby depends on its mother.

Gorge event raises money for swim fest The Snowbirds flying above and supporters cheering her from shore were some of the highlights of Marlaina Rhymer鈥檚 颅fundraising swim for the Gorge Swim Fest Society on Monday.

I grew up watching The Jetsons and was always a big fan of the show. I even went to see The Jetsons movie in theatres when I聽was eight. Watching The Jetsons as a child made me think about what the future would be like.

At some point, beautiful artistic books became what we call coffee-table books, which means they sat on a table looking attractive and collecting dust, serving not only as decoration but to communicate the intelligence of the home鈥檚 owner.