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Report card not worth taking home

Invermere Valley Echo - Thursday February 9, 2012

This past Monday, The Fraser Institute trumpeted the release of its annual rating of elementary schools in B.C.

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We're the hosts with the most

Invermere Valley Echo - Thursday February 9, 2012

Whew! Well I do believe we (the community) have done it again…

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A good party just the start

Invermere Valley Echo - Thursday February 2, 2012

The eyes of the world are on Invermere these days — come this spring, the eyes of everyone who watches Daily Planet, anyway.

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Dress code: pyjamas and jerseys

Invermere Valley Echo - Thursday February 2, 2012

Welcome to all our visitors to the valley this weekend.

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Give communities control

Invermere Valley Echo - Thursday February 2, 2012

We need to choose a government that understands and supports the power of community.

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Define 'inhumane'

Invermere Valley Echo - Thursday January 26, 2012

It may be the Year of the Dragon elsewhere in the world, but in Invermere, it's likely the Year of the Deer.

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Bonspiel an inspiration for success

Invermere Valley Echo - Tuesday January 24, 2012

The 29th annual Bonspiel on the Lake has come to a close.

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Raging grandmas

Invermere Valley Echo - Thursday January 26, 2012

With my experience I can pretty much judge when someone is about to get physical with me.

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The return of winter driving

Invermere Valley Echo - Thursday January 19, 2012

After lulling the valley into a false sense of security for the last few weeks, it appears Mother Nature is striking back with a vengeance.

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Moving another step closer

Invermere Valley Echo - Thursday January 19, 2012

India has gone one year without recording a new case of polio, a crippling and sometimes fatal disease.

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Coping with weaknesses

Invermere Valley Echo - Thursday January 19, 2012

Blood, guts, broken bones protruding, mangled bodies, car wrecks — all this, no problem. Just don't vomit in my presence.

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Cull could have pull

Invermere Valley Echo - Thursday January 12, 2012

Those of us who call the Columbia Valley home are clearly missing a major promotional opportunity.

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Representing home half the honour

Invermere Valley Echo - Wednesday January 11, 2012

As athletes or artists, we have an added responsibility. We (sometimes literally) wear the name of our hometowns on our backs.

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Get in while the paper's blank

Invermere Valley Echo - Thursday January 5, 2012

If you wanted a good, local example of a catch-22, the third Lake Windermere Management Plan open house is a good place to start.

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Progress Board served B.C. well

Victoria News - Tuesday January 10, 2012

Provincial rankings were often misused, but core findings tell a valuable story.

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A hard year ahead for B.C. politics

Victoria News - Thursday January 5, 2012

The B.C. Liberal government and its rivals will define themselves in a harsh 2012.

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Bring back winter weather

Invermere Valley Echo - Tuesday January 3, 2012

It's a new year, and a time for new beginnings. Mother Nature seems to be obliging as we enjoy above zero temperatures as I write this.

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Put geography last on the list

Invermere Valley Echo - Sunday December 25, 2011

The Community Recreation Program is a bit sexier than your average provincial granting program.

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Grandma's first Christmas

Invermere Valley Echo - Thursday December 22, 2011

It seems like just last week that I wrote about the last issue before Christmas 2010 and here we are ready to celebrate 2011's version.

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Young and Naughty

Invermere Valley Echo - Thursday December 22, 2011

I refer to small time policing as "Andy of Mayberry" policing.

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