Opinion

How sadly fitting that Bea Dezell passed away on Prince George's 99th birthday on Thursday. If an entire city could have a mother figure, a matriarch who quietly but steadily influenced the evolution of a community, it was Bea.

Many local homeowners are adding fruit trees to their landscapes. Fruit trees are attractive and give the added bonus of fruit. One of the benefits of growing your own fruit is knowing exactly what was used to grow it.

Back in 1825, the Hudson’s Bay Company first planted vines at Fort Vancouver, now Vancouver, Washington. Since then there has been steady growth - except during prohibition - and today this state is the second largest wine-producing region in the U.

If you read my column last week, you may have noticed a one pound gain which, for a person trying to lose weight, is an unwelcome sight on the scale. But I'm not freaking out.

More than two years have passed since an explosion at Babine Lake sawmill in Burns Lake killed two workers and injured 20 others.

Todd Whitcombe, in his recent column about Albert Einstein, spoiled what might have been a good article by slightly demeaning another of the 20th century’s great thinkers, Fred Hoyle, with an oblique aspersion that “...

Contract talks between the government and B.C. teachers are moving along nicely - by our standards. There are phony reassurances, delusional optimism and some passive-aggressive, self-interested leaking. So we’re right about where we should be if B.

In turbulent economic times investors often look for security, and this year isn’t likely to be much different.

My song today is an ode to the athletes giving it their all at the Canada Winter Games - The Touch by Stan Bush.

It's comical to watch the federal Conservatives trip over themselves when it comes to their stance on marijuana.