Opinion

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is driving Canadians toward a carbon tax ditch and B.C. Premier John Horgan should grab the wheel.

Dear Santa, Thank you for recognizing Too Close 2 Home as a diverse group of PG citizens trying to invest in the future of our city (which we love!).

This editorial first appeared in the Dec. 24, 2013 edition of The Citizen and it's become a bit of a local favourite for its twist on the famous "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" letter.

Here is a summary of the seniors profiles I did this year: Bob (Gordon) and Patty Horning will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary in December. He met Patty Fleming at a dance in Nukko Lake in 1960 – they got married and the rest is history.

What a year! For many people, we have been trapped in our houses, unable to socialize or gather in large groups. We are all wearing masks to protect ourselves from a deadly virus. And loved ones near and far seem just a little farther away.

Since brain injury, any joy I felt about the festive season before has disappeared. Thanks to COVID, I don't need to explain my lack of enthusiasm to the people in or outside of my bubble. I don't mean to sound negative and Scrooge-like.

'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the land, Not a church choir was singing, for all had been banned; The masks were hung from the people’s faces with care, In the hope “normal life” would soon resume somewhere.

In recent decades, there has been a global phenomenon of the superrich getting richer while the middle class shrinks. This is a danger not only to our economy, but to democracy itself.

“Damn the torpedoes - full steam ahead!” That was the battle cry attributed to Rear Admiral David Farragut during the Naval battle of Mobile Bay, Alabama, between the North and the Confederacy during the Civil War, back when underwater mines were cal

So I read that Premier John Horgan changed his Christmas dinner plans because apparently he thought it would be OK to have his son and daughter inlaw over who are not part of his household.