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Fairness starts with recognizing unfairness

Fairness starts with recognizing unfairness

Over the past few weeks, Cindy Blackstock has been hosting a tutorial on systemic racism on her Twitter account. The executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, Blackstock was born in Burns Lake.
New Zealand's unique evolutionary path

New Zealand's unique evolutionary path

Roughly 180 million years ago, the super-continent Gondwana broke up and the pieces floated away to become Antarctica, Africa, South America, Australia, and of course New Zealand and Madagascar.
The blessing of COVID-19

The blessing of COVID-19

As the summer comes to a close with the call of September and school and work bearing down on us, the reality that the effects of COVID-19 continue to linger on is indisputable.
Path fixes?

Path fixes?

Since the kerfuffle of the bus transfer station proposal at Foothills and 18th Avenue, I have lost some respect of the people guiding our city.
Getting to our core starts with why

Getting to our core starts with why

Author and motivational speaker Simon Sinek tells us that as individuals, groups or corporations it is essential that we start by understanding our why.
We are poisoning our future

We are poisoning our future

Six years ago, the Imperial Metals Mount Polley mine waste dump failed.
Meet the hard-working Hartshornes

Meet the hard-working Hartshornes

The 2018 Prince George Citizen of the Year, Harold Hartshorne, was born in the historic Resthaven Hospital in Sidney in 1947. One of eight children, he was raised and schooled in North Saanich.
Making beautiful music together

Making beautiful music together

Alexis Maikapar, of Russian descent, was born in Munich, Germany in 1946. Five years after the war his family was told to move to Australia. Before that happened, friends of the family wrote them a letter and sponsored them in a move to Quebec City.
Back to school or no?

Back to school or no?

Public and Independent School Back-to-School will look quite different for 2020-2021.
A culture of impunity

A culture of impunity

The greatest danger to our way of life is the culture of impunity we have created. It is an assault on truth and on human dignity. This became very clear in a discourse between two members of the American House of Representatives.