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Arts community moving carefully

Arts community moving carefully

There is a certain excitement about the lifting of restrictions or what the government calls Phase 2. A bit of a misnomer, yes? Phase 1 seems to have been a prevention plan and not part of this recovery plan.
Pets offer healing magic for brain injured

Pets offer healing magic for brain injured

I have always been a dog lover. I am crazy for dogs! Six months prior to being injured, I put a deposit down on a puppy in Calgary.
The path to greatness starts with being bad

The path to greatness starts with being bad

“Be brave enough to be bad at something new” is a phrase that has become popular in the last several months. As a teacher, it would be easy for me to impose this philosophy on my students.
Herd immunity boils down to hard math

Herd immunity boils down to hard math

One of the strange aspects of being isolated is I am watching television programs I wouldn’t normally have time to watch. One was a nature documentary on a sea mount off the coast of Ecuador featuring the narrator discussing fish schools.
Changing names

Changing names

Living in Prince George for 27 years, I am not surprised at the controversy around Indigenous people reclaiming their identity and European people thinking it doesn't matter. The Fraser River was not always known as Fraser River.
Freedoms lost

Freedoms lost

It is sad that Mr. Godbout resorts to name calling and intimidation of anyone who does not accept the official position of the establishment (read The State), rather than supporting his point of view with sound arguments and facts.
One Canada

One Canada

There is one human race of people, but everyone born in Canada is an indigenous, native Canadian citizen. The official language of Canada is English and, to a lesser degree, French.
Thanks, Gerry

Thanks, Gerry

Thanks to Gerry Chidiac for writing his opinion piece, and to the Citizen for printing it. I agree with him and I'm Jewish. I support the rights of Palestinians. I criticize Israel - and it deserves criticism.
Human-made viruses and bioterrorism

Human-made viruses and bioterrorism

Deep in a secret lab in a rogue state, Agent Orange is designing the perfect bioterror weapon: a chimeric virus that will be partly measles to make it super-infectious (measles has one of the highest values of R 0 known, ~15, meaning that on average
Follow the money

Follow the money

There is an old adage, "follow the money,” used to analyze why industries make major decisions. The proposed West Coast Olefins petrochemical/plastics plant is moving north, so let's follow the money. Who has asked the B.C.