Opinion

Food for Thought Well, as everyone has already read in a recent column written by my chef instructors, sadly, some of you missed our Global Gourmet fundraising gala April 17.

Enough bling to make you feel like a king

With more than 82,000 registered charities in Canada, and 300 plus in Prince George alone, charity is big business in our city.

If we held a provincial election today, there's no doubt Gordon Campbell and the Liberals would be voted off the island, en masse. A recent Angus Reid poll has the Liberals in the tank with an approval rating of 29 per cent.

Three weeks ago we lost our precious and beautiful granddaughter, Shelby.

Why cycle? It's green, it's healthy and it's good advertising. That pretty well sums it up. As part of my commitment to help our planet, I try to cycle to work as much as possible.

I would like to thank the City of Prince George for making me change my driving route. I return home on Fifth Avenue and used to turn onto Nicholson Street, as that is the street I live on.

Remember the excitement that you felt at the end of Grade 7. Knowing that in just a few months you were going to be entering high school.

I'd like to offer my sincere congratulations to the conference hosts and City of Prince George for hosting the Minerals North "Opportunity Rocks" Conference , April 21-23.

There ought to be a law against commercial ticket resellers. I managed to be one of the lucky ones to get tickets for the Prince George Elton John concert. I figure the tickets sold out in less than 10 minutes.