Opinion

Many people in Prince George continue to move forward with their lives and adapt to new realities, both personally and professionally, as the world struggles with the far-reaching effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Everything is political, the professors say on the first day of first-year political science classes.

I was in a funk this week and I couldn’t shake it. I was disillusioned, grumpy, lethargic.

I'd like to take the time to acknowledge all the folks who have private messaged me on Facebook and left comments on the Citizen site thanking me for this column. Your feedback has been very encouraging and much appreciated.

Lately we have been hearing of the lack of foreign workers, not only in Canada and the U.S., but also in Europe. The industrialized world has grown to rely on cheap, migrant, seasonal, foreign agricultural workers.

I like to think I am not easily offended, but I have to admit a recent speech by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the Yom Hashoah Virtual Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration pierced my spirit.

After spending the last 5 years in Prince George, I am absolutely not shocked about the reaction to the KRSS name change.

Over the past couple of months, I have seen many references in the media to “parents homeschooling their children” in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

With great interest, I read Neil Godbout’s recent editorial regarding the naming of the new high school in the Hart. I am not surprised with how the process played out, but I am disappointed.

Poor Elizabeth May. To have one of your movement’s famous supporters turn on you and (gasp!) produce a movie about the fallacies of your movement has got to hurt. Her Twitter outrage over Micheal Moore’s newest movie was something to behold.