Opinion

Recently, I heard of a leader within an organization who was treating his assistant much like a slave.

Premier John Horgan's gas price inquiry is a move pulled from the playbook of former NDP premier Glen Clark in the 1990s. It didn't work then -- no fault of that inquiry -- and it's an open question whether it will accomplish much now.

Has anyone been to Edmonton lately? In the past, as anyone knows, driving on busy streets in Edmonton was chaotic at best - speeders, tailgaters and the other stuff that goes with it.

"It ain't over til it's over "is a famous quote by New York Yankee back catcher Yogi Berra who played with the Yankee's from 1946 until 1963. There was no quit in Yogi.

Nathan Giede is a talented writer. I enjoy his style, his turns of phrase, and the extent of knowledge that he packs into regular columns inTthe Citizen. When I'm reading a connoisseur of the English language like Mr.

About 25 years ago a friend of mine quit his pulp mill job in Prince Rupert. "This is a dying industry," he claimed, "and I'm going to get out of it while I'm still young and healthy.

Last week, we were discussing the essential features of neurons and nerve transmission. The central concept is neurons are unidirectional with information flowing in one end and out the other.

On June 6, 1944, I arrived by boat on Juno Beach in Normandy, France, with the Canadian Scottish Regiment. My role was in the mortar platoon. On June 17, I was based in a barn, anticipating an attack that never came.

B.C. minimum wage goes from the current $12.65 to $13.85 effective June 1. Franchise operations such as McDonalds, Wendy's, A&W, Burger King, Dairy Queen and Tim Hortons will suffer from the new pay rates.

After months of discussions, a barrage of statements from watchdog groups and endless social media posts from the interested public, the Government of British Columbia has decided to call a public inquiry into money laundering in the province.