Opinion

This Sunday will mark Prime Minister Stephen Harper's fifth year in office. Jan. 23, 2006, Stephen Harper and 123 of his Conservative Party colleagues were elected to govern a minority parliament.

Manners? Many of the youth of today are wonderfully helpful and have excellent manners. In response to Doreen Neudorf's letter in Jan.

This letter is to thank the industrious citizen who has been snow blowing the pedestrian walkway on Byng Avenue and the path in Byng Park.

Charles Dickens' novel, "Oliver Twist", vividly described the deplorable treatment of workers, particularly young children, in England in the 1830s. In the United States the situation also was abysmal.

Why is our economy behaving so differently this time? Ordinarily, after a business contraction begins, governments step in and provide the pump priming to start a recovery process.

Property Assessment 101 With the deadline to appeal your 2010 assessment of Tuesday January 31st, fast approaching, we are reminded that what you don't know can hurt you.

VICTORIA -- It's important to know how we're preparing our children for the challenges ahead. And it's stunning, even tragic, that the teachers' union campaign to kill the Foundation Skills Assessment tests in B.C. schools has made such gains.

We at The Citizen are truly sympathetic to the no-win situation faced by snow removal operators in Prince George face.

Talk about shooting the messenger. Yesterday, The Citizen ran a story about a noble initiative: getting drug-addicted prostitutes off the street and into better, more self-sufficient and self-respecting -- not to mention safer -- lives.

All Around Our Schools Students from Mrs. Haddock's class at Highglen elementary are looking forward to their cross country ski lessons at Otway Ski Trails.