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Letter to the editor: City infrastructure as bad as ever

Letter to the editor: City infrastructure as bad as ever

There haven't been major improvements to cycling lanes, repairing sidewalks, or introducing more flashing light crosswalks for pedestrians.
Letter to the editor: Affordable housing is a pipe dream

Letter to the editor: Affordable housing is a pipe dream

The report suggests that the average home price now $318,530 but this data is already out of date. According to the BC Northern Real Estate Board, the average price of homes sold in February 2022 was $402,128 and looking at the available housing today there is very little under $400,000.
Neil Godbout: City out of the frying pan and into the fire

Neil Godbout: City out of the frying pan and into the fire

Between the Moccasin Flats fiasco and the gravel mine lawsuit, the city seems unable to get out of legal hot water once it’s jumped in with both feet.
Letter to the editor: Prince George will be screwed without logging trucks

Letter to the editor: Prince George will be screwed without logging trucks

No more logging trucks means no more billions of dollars will be pumped into the local economy. 
Letter to the editor: Safe Streets Bylaw a failure

Letter to the editor: Safe Streets Bylaw a failure

We need a mayor and council that recognize that some of the people living on the street were not always addicted to drugs.
Opinion: Idea of federal Liberal-NDP merger finds broad support, polls suggest

Opinion: Idea of federal Liberal-NDP merger finds broad support, polls suggest

Even before last week’s deal between the governing party and New Democrats, surveys showed the parties’ bases would welcome closer co-operation.
Letter to the editor: Addicts are not disposable people

Letter to the editor: Addicts are not disposable people

Re: " City saw nine toxic drug deaths in January ," March 17 I used to be one of those who, while sympathetic, would look down on those who’d ‘allowed’ themselves to become addicted to alcohol and illicit drugs.
Letter to the editor: Don’t call them strongmen

Letter to the editor: Don’t call them strongmen

If there is even a slight likelihood that Putin's taste for human blood is excited by this unfortunate misnomer, think of a more appropriate word. Words matter.
Opinion: Minister understates forestry challenges

Opinion: Minister understates forestry challenges

The impact of these job losses will be immense to each family that is affected, directly and indirectly on businesses, and to the economies of resource communities like Prince George.
Letter to the editor: Prince George has great people

Letter to the editor: Prince George has great people

I remember Prince George as one of the few cities in Canada where I saw how kind and compassionate people are.