Opinion

Most Canadians are aware Canada's First Nations face tough obstacles, from poverty to inadequate housing and from lack of access to clean drinking water to a growing youth population that feels left out of the country's future.

In 1990, we purchased property and in 1993 built a new house on Laurier Crescent near the hospital and Simon Fraser Lodge. In those 29 years. our street has never been paved.

The folks that won't sign the Alternative Approval Process petition forms often resort to a series of questions to defend why borrowing more than $32 million to pay for 11 infrastructure projects is a good idea.

An open letter to Mr. Lu Shaye, China's Ambassador to Canada: Greetings, Mr. Ambassador. I understand that you were invited to address a gathering in Toronto on the issue of Sino-Canadian relations last week.

"The TMX (Trans Mountain Pipeline) project is not only a 'British Columbia project'," states Justice Mary Newbury in the B.C. Court of Appeal's written decision.

Regarding city councilor Garth Frizzell's guest editorial - "Blanket generalizations won't cut it," May 24 Citizen He states, in capital letters "THERE ARE MASSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE CRISES IN CANADIAN MUNICIPALITIES.

We are so delighted to hear of the Northern Physiotherapy program coming to UNBC in 2020. It was an exciting event when Minister Melanie Mark came to UNBC to make this long awaited announcement on Friday.

It appears we have a crisis of confidence in regards to the municipal city council. This is plainly seen by the rising opposition to the $40 million spending plan from council.

The Senate Transportation Committee's vote not to pass Bill C48 to ban tankers off B.C.'s north coast, a move effectively helping kill a piece of legislation by our elected government, was not as surprising as some might think.

Friday's announcement of physiotherapy training starting at UNBC in September 2020, followed by an occupational therapy program two years later, is a huge win for Prince George, UNBC and residents of the northern and central interior.