Opinion

Tuesday night at Steve's Bar in Puerto Escondido, the talk got around to Tim Thomas. Yes, Canuck fans, that Tim Thomas, the Boston Bruins goaltender responsible in many ways for Beantown's Stanley Cup win over the Vancouver Canucks.

How to Change the World: Tales of Marx and Marxism by Eric Hobsbawm For those who are armchair Marxists, this book is a wonderful series of essays from one of our leading political historians Eric Hobsbawm who at age 94 has probably written his last

I am writing to thank and applaud the students that were at Monday night's board meeting in support of the LBGTQ anti-discrimination policy being developed by our school district.

The Scottish people have been seeking sovereignty for many centuries without success, but they will soon have another opportunity.

So I've been doing some research for a friend of mine, helping her fight immigration and the deportation of her fiance, and I stumbled upon some unsettling information.

I have had my drivers licence now for 11 years. During that 11 years I have never had an accident that was my fault. That's not to say I haven't seen some crazy things while driving.

What does an exhibit of historic photos travelling to China have to do with diversifying the economy in the central interior and northern British Columbia? It's not an obvious connection but it's one that both the Cariboo-Chilcotin Beetle Action Coal

The Citizen has a long history of encouraging literacy with programs such as the CanSpell spelling bee (coming up March 3) and Raise a Reader, which benefits dozens of initiatives throughout the city.

Kudos to Rose Perrin and the entire perinatal program team at Northern Health for their dedication and hard work on the behalf of expectant and new mothers and their newborns (Northern Health wants more natural births, Jan. 9).

As we enter a new year, various magazines publish predictions for the next 12 months. Some will predict the end of the world, major disasters, and the future of the rich and famous.