The refreshingly candid edition of Quotes of the day(s)
"It's kind of like a late-bloomer thing."
--Coquitlam singer Florrie Carter, 75, makes her very first recordings on a new CD. [Thanks to the Coquitlam Now, Nov. 9 edition]

"I'd pick it up"
--Larry Iwaskow, candidate for mayor of Nanaimo, answers the question "How
would you deal with the terrible litter problem in the schools and streets?" at an all-candidates meeting. [Thanks to the Nanaimo Daily News, Nov. 12 edition]

"There is no air of reality to the defence."
--B.C. Provincial Court judge William Sundhu, convicting four Indian protesters making an aboriginal claim of the nearby Sun Peaks ski resort, notes that the defendants say they refused to acknowledge non-native title to the land. Yet, he ruled that they acted as if such title did exist by trying to hide what they were doing by using bandanas, face paint and camouflage clothing. [Thanks to the Kamloops Daily News, Nov. 16 edition]