Opinion

The Ministry of Environment's recent announcement that B.C. schools and hospitals will be using solar panels to heat water and improve their energy efficiency is very welcome news.

A request to snowshoers on Tabor cross country ski trails. It is great to see more people out on snow shoes discovering and enjoying the Tabor x-country trails. I do both snow shoeing and cross country skiing, but on Tabor I purely ski.

To the citizens of Prince George and all of the provinces: We have now all been told that our regular light bulbs are now obsolete. The new bulbs now are dangerous to our health and well-being. They're not safe for our families.

A post of praise for a service often overlooked in our community. Northern Health operates a bus service for Northern residents who must travel to Kamloops or Vancouver for medical reasons.

Wednesday morning around 8 a.m. as I was driving along Queensway to take my cat to the vet. I saw not one or two vehicles covered with snow but seven.

I would like to clarify a misconception in a Jan. 4 letter to the editor written by Mr. Stan New which incorrectly states that B.C.'s carbon tax is costing the local school district more money than its southern counterparts.

I read your article by Christine Skorepa "Giving to the forgotten - Gift of Hope program aids those with mental health issues" in the Prince George Citizen on Dec. 24, and I want to thank you for raising the issues of mental illness.

The latest skirmish in the perpetual softwood lumber battle with the U.S. is worth your attention. American lumber producers are complaining, again, that B.C. is subsidizing forest companies based in the province.

Kevin Falcon has proposed merit-based pay for teachers in B.C. As anyone familiar with the literature on incentive pay knows, this idea does not work.

Prince George has reached yet again another mark. We are now a city to fear. What happened to this city? I moved here almost 20 years ago to a peaceful, easy town. No gunshots, no fingers being removed, no gangs and their trade.