Opinion

The Prince George school board needs to wake up. In March, I was reading the press from Vanderhoof and they stated that the Vanderhoof School District is planning on opening a new school.

The newspaper has been full of stories about how wrong it was of the RCMP to taser an 11-year-old aboriginal boy. What about the 37-year-old group home worker that the boy allegedly stabbed? My sympathy goes out to him and to his family.

"Government is a broker in pillage, and every election is a sort of advance auction in stolen goods." H.L. Mencken I wonder what would have happened in the following events if we were really a democracy and the people were consulted.

Prince George's reputation has been subjected to a few blows lately as national studies come out placing the city near the bottom of the heap when it comes to crime.

Regarding the Northern Gateway Pipeline: Dick Harris and the Conservative party are making false -- and in Harris's case insulting -- claims.

Apparently young people don't want to vote. Well if there ever was a time for them to start paying attention it's now. It's a fact that Canada takes in less in tax than it spends and makes up the difference by borrowing.

This week is National Volunteer Week in Canada, with the theme of Volunteers: Passion. Action. Impact. Volunteers in Prince George, and indeed across the country, are being celebrated.

For too long, the City of Prince George has been putting the health of its citizens at risk. There is considerable scientific evidence that warrants a precautionary approach to pesticide use.

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The History Channel was advertising a television show recently entitled the The Kennedys. The commercial for it had Joseph Kennedy telling his sons: "It is not what you are that matters. It is what people think you are.