Opinion

No idea who Matt Marotta is, but all I can say is way to go buddy, you showed a lot of guts doing what you did. Your mum and dad should be voted Parents of the Year. I'm proud of you for representing Prince George in the mature way you did.

The three choices for Mascot for the 2015 Winter Games have been unveiled and they are all wonderful.

Home Again

It’s almost the end of February and soon wine lovers will be buzzing about Vancouver’s International Wine Festival. This year’s event features wines from France with a special focus on Champagne. Hundreds of wines will be available to sample.

It still looks like winter outside, but gardeners are already feeling their green thumbs, and at the garden centres we are getting ready. There are some great gardening trends to check out this spring, and colour is one of them.

One of the great joys of working at a university is the opportunity to collaborate and learn every day.

City manager Beth James shook up City Hall this week, trimming down the number of directors in senior management from six to five.

The story has been making the rounds in B.C. this week and, through social media, has spread at least as far as Saskatchewan. Likely, much farther.

For the last few years, in consultation with parents, universities, teachers and other stakeholders, the government has been developing a new curriculum.

Balancing a budget is one thing, for which credit was bestowed in this space on Wednesday. Maintaining the impression that the government is doing everything that needs doing while staying in the black is another.