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Bulb-planting season's here

Bulb-planting season's here

Spring flowering bulbs (not to be confused with summer flowering bulbs) are a great way to add early colour to your garden, patio or balcony each spring. Late September and early October are the months traditionally associated with planting bulbs.
Taking a bite out of Apple

Taking a bite out of Apple

In the past week - unless you've been in a coma, trapped on a desert island, or completely and totally disconnected from any news source (and somewhere else other than a desert island, because I've already used that) - you couldn't get away from news
Animal ironies

Animal ironies

Our society is rife with ironies when it comes to animal welfare. We routinely slaughter livestock for food, but only behind closed doors, out of the public eye.
A bastion of relative calm

A bastion of relative calm

Is it just my imagination or is the gathering storm of lunacy all around us yet another confirmation that we're lucky to be living where we are? Across most of the eastern half of the globe, American flags are being torched with reckless abandon, emb
Column missed the mark

Column missed the mark

EDITOR, Re. "Building more political walls," Reporter's Notebook, Chief, Sept. 20. Rebecca Aldous should bone up on her historical and current events in Iran.
Proof's in the moving

Proof's in the moving

EDITOR, I have proof! Proof No. 1: While circumnavigating downtown on foot recently, I noticed that our local UHaul truck franchise is well stocked with moving vans. One-way moving vans! Proof No.
New faces, new places

New faces, new places

Wow, I can't believe we are almost at the end of September already! Fall is coming, and with that, time for renovations, home repairs, all that fun stuff we don't like to do when the sun is shining.
Be at the table, not on it

Be at the table, not on it

By Sept. 4 it had been a month since the last meeting of council, but it wasn't necessarily a month off.
Calling all citizen scientists

Calling all citizen scientists

EDITOR, Humans are curious creatures and every community has individuals who are passionate about some aspect of their environment. Many are obvious such as birders or Streamkeepers or trails society groups.
Auxiliary to celebrate 60 years

Auxiliary to celebrate 60 years

In the last two issues of The Chief, there have been excellent articles on the upcoming 20th anniversary celebration for the Howe Sound Performing Arts Association.
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