Opinion

Cutline: AP file photo Demonstrators protest during a march in Berlin, Germany, in 2016. It's as benign as nomenclature - or as lethal. It's what action thrillers and real-life war crimes have in common.

I learned something about leadership last weekend that I had known for a long time but suddenly understood differently. As the assistant coach of a sports team, our team had lost its first two games against teams it could have beaten.

Over the past few months at Research Co., we have taken a look at certain habits of British Columbians when it comes to food.

As unlikely as it may sound, a new approach for fighting the destruction of wildfires in Canada's boreal region may lie in unassuming wetlands packed with soaking wet layers of peat and topped with living moss.

It's called a newspaper because it is a printed product with news in it - stories about the community and the world outside of the community that local residents should know about. A newspaper, of course, is more than that.

Todd Whitcombe has been a valuable contributor to the Citizen for many years. I generally agree with his comments and appreciate his common sense. His column about climate change was valid if you accept CO2 as a meaningful GHG.

I usually just let things ride, price goes up, paper gets smaller, etc. I have been a subscriber to the P.G. Citizen for over 50 years. I usually read the whole paper. However, I do need something to cheer me up on a dull morning.

I am grateful today for your comments, the silence and for this wonderful opportunity to write.These three things allow me to reflect, analyze and critique my own thinking.I get to question my words and my way of being.

Ever since the basement flooded a few summers ago, the contents of my basement have been packed in boxes stacked in the middle of what should be a family room. Everything is on an orange tarp, in boxes, in the way.

In our age of enormous salaries for professional athletes and overpriced tickets to sporting events, there are many reasons why the Toronto Raptors winning the National Basketball League championship is worth celebrating.