Opinion

Adding to Norman Dale's letter about speed on our highways. A bigger issue in my view is vehicle separation and improper lane use.

Regarding an article in Monday's Citizen. City council has come up with another cash grab. Taxing people for covering their lot as it is a burden on the storm sewer system. Possibly $570 to $116.

In the Fast Leyne

The following is an abridged version of a column I wrote for the Feb. 25, 2005 edition of The Citizen. After Thursday's announcement about the plans of West Fraser and Canfor to close mills and give up timber licences, it's worth repeating.

As I sit here and type, I am drawn to look outside at the hillside. I can't help myself. I am always amazed at the beautiful colours of fall.

The 20th anniversary of the 1993 federal general election is today and it stands as a landmark moment in both Canadian and local political history. That election sent a 49-year-old businessman named Dick Harris to the House of Commons as a Reform MP.

On this putrid air day the World Health Organization announced that air pollution is a carcinogen. Well the people of Prince George didn't need the WHO to tell us that, we already knew.

Last year, about this time, I wrote a column that introduced the idea of "the problem of dirty hands." The idea comes from an article by an academic named Michael Walzer.

To the Point

Just a small thing but an annoyance, just the same. Why does the NHL schedule in the Citizen list the games in Eastern time? We are after all in the Pacific time zone.