Opinion

Sometimes learning a bit about the history of a wine makes it even more interesting and adds a new dimension to it.

Many of us have seen the shop owner on television who caught a shoplifter and then forcibly tied his hands. Much to everyone's surprise, the owner subsequently was arrested for using excessive force, but later the judge later acquitted him.

Many now acknowledge that stock markets in the previous decade were beset, in the words of the Federal Reserve Board's Alan Greenspan, by "irrational exuberance".

To the editor, I would like to make a few observations on the new police building. I think the one that is being proposed is a bit to grandiose, I think that it should be more in keeping with the other office building on Victoria Street.

Mixed emotions is the feeling you have when your teenage daughter come home at 6:00 in the morning and you're relieved to see she's carrying a bible, then you notice it's a Gideon bible.

I would like to take the time to thank Dallas Thompson, Brandy Brodsky and the rest of the Prince George Cougars for supporting Prince George Minor Hockey over the years.

I think we should look to others for examples to help solve and appreciate our own city. After reading and listening of the many complaints on this city's snow removal I felt compelled to respond, hoping to get people to put this into perspective.

As the world knows, my home country of Japan had the unimaginably devastating earthquake and tsunami last week. As the day goes by, the toll of deaths climbs up significantly.

To the Citizens of Prince George: I am a former Prince George resident; I grew up in the Hart and I attended the University of Northern British Columbia for two years, before leaving for UVic.

I am writing this letter in response to the writer of "Deadbeat Dads." This letter really hit home for me as I am a father who pays his child support on time every month and still have issues with being able to visit my child on a regular basis.