LET ME BE BLUNT

SHOCKING DISPLAY KRSS PASSION GUN POLITICS

Hello, users of marijuana. I know that marijuana is legal, and while it’s not my cup of tea, you do you. What I would implore you, however, is please please please dispose of your product properly (joints, edibles, etc.). This is coming from a concerned pet owner.

About two weeks ago, I was talking my dog for awalk and even though he was leashed the entire time, shortly after coming home, he began acting weird. He was lethargic, unsteady on his feet, he looked like he had tremors, and he wasn’t eating or drinking. I took him into the emergency vet, where they gave him activated charcoal to absorb whatever toxins might be in his body since we didn’t know what he could have gotten into. As any pet owner is aware, it only takes them a split second to pick something up and swallow it, even if you did have the eyes of a hawk. We came home and I monitored him. That’s all I could do at that point. It was extremely scary, and being a first time “paw”rent, I thought I was going to lose my best friend.

Then today, a friend sent me a text from a Facebook group from a lady who said that her daughter took her dog to Teapot Mountain and shortly after the hike, her dog had to go to the emergency vet exhibiting the same symptoms as my dog. It was confirmed as marijuana ingestion. To make matters worse, another person arrived at the vet at the same time who had also hiked Teapot and their dog had the same symptoms. Now I didn’t hike Teapot, just my local neighborhood, but it goes to show, it can happen anywhere.

THC is toxic to dogs, and although rarely fatal, can make them sick. Effects can vary depending on the dosage in the product as well as the animal’s size, health, age and so on. Please be responsible and dispose of joints or edibles properly, in the trash. For me, your irresponsibility cost me over $500 at the emergency vet, and I’m sure the cost gets to be a lot more depending how much was ingested and the symptoms that animal was exhibiting. And while I know there are many responsible users, it only takes the select few to sour the milk.

Again, I cannot emphasize this enough. It also goes to tobacco users as well, with all the cigarette buds on the ground, but the dangers of THC in animals is not something that can be ignored. So please think of the animals and throw those buds out

I have been shocked at the racism towards Indigenous peoples I have been reading about in Prince George recently, particularly in response to the renaming of Kelly Road school.

Racists in Prince George seem to feel empowered to make hateful and ignorant statements about Indigenous peoples.

I studied at CNC 45 years ago and I am heartbroken that so little has changed. In fact, people are even more vocal about their racist notions than I remember. My husband and I were thinking of relocating there but have changed our minds.

I strongly urge the City of Prince George to combat racist comments on social media with official statements of support for its Indigenous citizens and the surrounding First Nations communities. I also encourage the city to undertake educational initiatives and community meetings to support the message of truth and reconciliation.

My passion for KRSS is obvious, as is my desire for an inclusive, ever-widening friendship circle. It has been good to reconnect with many people, to meet many new people, to see how important KRSS is to all of us, past, present and future.

We spoke. It might be misconstrued as “racist”, with similitude to “the final solution” and imparted as ‘white majority’, which may not be a true assessment of the sentiment of the people who desired to retain the Kelly Road name nor why there were so many impassioned responses.

One truth, acknowledged, with apology, by some members of the school board is that t rustees did not consider or engage the Hart community from the start, nor was a fitful protocol for change in place. I reread the minutes of the Indigenous Education Advisory Committee, dated Feb. 3, 2020. Done. A dual name KRSS Shas Ti completes a crafted plan and yet still calls to question the process. Hopefully this will be addressed, as Chairman Bennett indicated, with improvements to SD57 Board of Trustees policy and procedure.

Enough said, I have been schooled on history and how things get done. Canada is still a wonderful place to live, harmonious with all my friends, from every nation, culture and belief. It is our home.

Hey, Justin Trudeau, quit playing politics. You had years to outlaw military guns but it took a tragedy in Nova Scotia to get you out of your convenient closet. Be truthful as to how the killer got the guns. Get off your rear end and do something about the border since the gangs and anybody that needs an illegal gun can just go and get one across the border.

Be honest and quit being an opportunist.