Opinion

Sisters and brothers in Christ, I am Rev. Debbie Scheepers, and I serve at St. Michael and All Angels' Church in Prince George. I am married to Clive and we are both ordained ministers. Clive is currently serving at St. Peter's Church.

Howard Foot, the youngest of the four sons of Claude Foot, was born in 1939. He was raised and educated in Prince George and remembers the gravel streets before the board sidewalks were installed.

I'm not going to lie; Prince George is not at all Vancouver, not even close. From the eyes of an open minded, thirty-something girl from the big city, now suddenly navigating small town B.C., Prince George somehow turned into something much bigger.

This letter is written in response to a guest editorial that suggests, among other things, that the solution to downtown Prince George's problems is stricter law enforcement and increased public surveillance through closed-circuit television video.

Justin Trudeau recently caused a stir when photos and videos were revealed of him darkening his face to pretend to be characters of other ethnicities.

Thank you to Daniel Gallant for a excellent article on our dying downtown and thank you to the Citizen for printing it. I have written letter after letter to city council about this topic and have been ignored.

Fall is pumpkin season and in northern British Columbia that means access to locally grown varieties.

"You have come to us young people for hope. How dare you! You have stolen my childhood with empty words. Yet, I'm one of the lucky ones. "People are suffering, people are dying.

I and my wife wish to thank all the Vandehoof and Prince George people, as well as out-of-town guests, who attended our daughter Laura Freeman's celebration of life after her very tough two years dealing with her cancer.

A few weeks ago, my daughter, Donna Wagar, was featured in 97/16. She has carried the various forms of the weekly paper for 25 years, the reason she was cited. I want to thank the reporter and photographer.