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Consider other options

Consider other options

After reading a response from the owner of Books and Company, and considering the proponent's request to use the old Cineplex as a country music cabaret, I am struck by the opposition based on location.
Heartfelt gratitude

Heartfelt gratitude

We would like to express the family's heartfelt gratitude for the compassion and kindness shown to them since the recent tragedy that claimed the lives of Heather Kress, Matt and Leah Altizer, and their children, Jonathan and Emily.
A pink promise

A pink promise

There is a pink sunrise coming up over the familiar horizon.
Stand up for children's education

Stand up for children's education

Parents, Beware! Education legislation tabled this week will have a profound impact on your children. Please take the time to read the BC Education Plan. Read between the lines. It is deliberately vague and its implications will be far reaching.
Build the pipeline, then tax it

Build the pipeline, then tax it

When the Enbridge pipeline is up and running, there will be $50 million-plus per day of oil going through the pipeline. Alberta, the federal government and the oil companies will make billions of dollars over the life of the pipeline. B.C.
Teacher contract negotiations

Teacher contract negotiations

Last year the supreme court ruled that the legislation stripping the teachers' contract was illegal and gave the government a year to rectify their actions.
Take care with the air

Take care with the air

I am writing to you today to ask that you investigate the continually degraded air quality in the Prince George bowl area.
Oblivious to industry's action

Oblivious to industry's action

Mr. Oullette's (Jan. 7) letter may seem confusing, but it is standard environmental rhetoric. I quote: "down this 4.5 billion-year time line, a science-based opinion he obviously accepts.
Darwin: the other Pearl Harbor

Darwin: the other Pearl Harbor

Although most of us are well aware of the Day of Infamy on Dec.
Tuberous begonias a sign spring is on the way

Tuberous begonias a sign spring is on the way

Spring must be on its way because the tuberous begonia tubers arrived at the garden centre this week. Of all the shade-loving plants, the tuberous begonia is one of the favourites.