Opinion

It would be a mistake to dismiss the aboriginal hunger strikes and demonstrations occurring now across Canada as merely the latest in a series of angry outbursts that will disappear as suddenly as they appeared, only to surface again in the future fo

Politics 101

It was -16 but with the windchill, it felt like -25 but that didn't keep the two sex trade workers from their posts on 20th Avenue on Christmas night.

The Pine Centre Mall parking lot was still full on Boxing Day, even though one of its anchor locations is a construction zone. Next year's Boxing Day will be a whole different story at Pine Centre, however, since Target will be open for business.

To begin on a happy note, the world didn't end this year. December 21st came and went without a sign of the Four Horsemen, leaving the Mayans (or rather their ancestors) with egg all over their faces.

In 1897, eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of the New York Sun, saying that some of her friends told her there is no Santa Claus.

Christmas used to be my favourite time of year. Then I turned 16 and started to work a retail job at a clothing store in a shopping mall.

Harold Moffat (1915 - March 31, 2009) was the Mayor of Prince George from 1969 to 1979. There is a published book written about him entitled "Harold Moffat and the Northern Hardware: Prince George icons" by author, Valerie Giles PhD.

Last week there was a lot of talk in the media about the need to reform and expand the Canada Pension Plan, (CPP). Most observers think CPP is a good tool for the public to save for retirement.

Being away from Prince George over the Christmas season was always the most difficult time of the year for me when I moved away.