Opinion

The city of Kitimat recently conducted a non-binding vote regarding the pipeline. What a great idea. I would like to see the City of Prince George hold a similar vote concerning the building of the "Centre For the Performing Arts".

Last week, we hosted a concert in our home which featured a duo from Seattle that played Latin/Mexican music. The gentleman in the duo was a master on the harp and while practicing he broke a string.

Bucking the trend of some legislature standing committees, the health one is actually holding meetings and trying to accomplish something. Some of them exist only on paper and do next to nothing.

The most famous line from John F. Kennedy's inauguration speech in January 1961 - "ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country" - is as true today as it was more than 50 years ago.

When the snow recedes and spring begins, some people think of gardening while others look forward to camping. Me? I find this time of year more depressing than the bleak mid-winter months. The only thing I can think about is garbage.

The essence of last week's column was that simple hydrocarbons are made from a carbon chain festooned with hydrogen atoms in a fashion that fully satisfies and saturates any valence bonding position left on each carbon atom.

April has been a busy month for the 2015 Canada Winter Games. As the countdown clock fell below the 300-day mark last weekend, the momentum continues to build.

Kitimat has provided a cryptic six-of-one, half-a-dozen-of-the-other answer for the fraught and polarized issue of the Northern Gateway pipeline.

The Prince George Cougars confirmed Wednesday what local residents have known for more than seven weeks. The team has been sold.

Last week, CBC Radio West interviewed Jim Rennie, Mayor of Woodlands County, on his response to the non-binding plebiscite in Kitimat on the Northern Gateway Pipeline project. On the whole, Mr. Rennie gave a reasonable and rational interview.