Opinion

We had a simple but clear message: the mountain pine beetle would devastate B.C. interior forests and lead to eventual and massive shutdowns of lumber and pulp of operations in the interior.

Such anemic growth means that it will take more than 70 years for Canada’s economy to double in size.

The Prince George closure cost 300 people their jobs.

At my very first NHL game, Gino Odjick played the best game of his life.

In 1776, with a population of 2.5 million, few imagined that within two centuries, the U.S. would become the dominant superpower. It’s not inconceivable that Canada could do the same by 2223.

The whole debacle highlighted the ability of a minority to hold the majority hostage.

The city ignores the tax-paying, business owners in favour of addicts and the province's vagrants who use the front and back doors of local busineses as a toilet.

Canfor brought in $211.5 million in earnings in the third quarter of 2022, $644.3 million in earnings the quarter before that and the $839.9 million in earnings during the first three months of last year.

The megacorps are in the driving seat, of course, but where’s the political leadership?  The answer is there is none.

The City of Prince George is like a giant cruise ship: it cannot come to a sudden stop or turn on a dime.