Opinion

Last week's Supreme Court of Canada ruling on what the government can, and cannot do to amend the Senate, tops off a year where the Senate was in the news far more than it should have been.

Since it seems in vogue for local government to pass bylaws and then revisit or repeal them months later, here's hoping the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George will have some sober second thoughts on its zoning bylaw for facilities to produce med

I should have been in a boy band. Except for the fact I can't sing that well, I'm short, follicly-challenged, somewhat soft around the mid-section, and dance as well as Carleton on Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, I should have been in a boy band.

Unlike many of our peers, my husband and I still have a landline. We have had our phone number since we bought our house in 2011 and, apparently, our number is currently on display as the number for the manager of an apartment building in town.

The oil companies control the price of oil per barrel and if it gets too low they have the government tell the other OPEC nations to cut back on production to raise the price.

Our conversion van broke down 24 kilometres from Prince George in March and a number of Canadians came to our rescue. A young couple turned around and came back to aid us in the bitter cold.

I read, and not without considerable disappointment, the "opinion" of one Nicholas Fedorkiw with respect to, what at least to him, appeared a sure argument in support of LNG in BC.

I wish to clarify my statement made to CKPG-TV and printed in the Prince George Citizen on April 16 regarding the need for a public inquiry into the Babine and Lakeland mill explosions. The statement by itself does not accurately reflect my position.

I have been in a conference call with our BC SPCA along with many other members. Sadly, B.C. is the only province in Canada that does not sponsor the BCSPCA financially in support of cruelty calls or anything else.

In the world of politics, it is very easy to sling mud. There is always a plentiful supply. It is very easy to come by. And if you are careful, it only sticks to the target and not you. It is also easy to sell fear.