Opinion

Quebec has introduced a bill to prohibit many public employees from wearing religious symbols while at work. The government is asking people to check their religion at the door and join them in creating a secularist state.

It's spring (sort of)! And with the changing of weather comes many, many jobs for the modern northern family including putting snow pants away and matching mittens together and finding a bin big enough to fit the various winter items until next seaso

Two weeks ago, I wrote a letter to this newspaper comparing the Prince George city administration's spending habits to the My 600-lb Life TV show.

There are zero federally funded RCMP officers working the money-laundering beat, went the headline this week. There's a longer story behind that finding.

The scandal was supposed to be squashed, story over, the damage done. But instead of closing the door on the political controversy that's dogged his government for months, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has thrown it back open.

Recently a girl came up to me and told me that she wants to quit her job, that she doesn't want to work any more or go to school. "It sounds like you want to retire" I said.

At a training session in the heart of the financial district in Toronto about a decade ago, this weird thing happened. My classroom cohorts were middle-aged bankers. That's not the weird thing.

I attended the Caribou Recovery town hall meeting at the Civic Centre on Tuesday evening and I was pleasantly surprised at the turnout. The government panel didn't appear to be as pleased.

I am responding to Norman Dale's reaction and interpretation of my April 9 letter. I did not mean to insult anyone. My point was when you reach the end of the road it doesn't matter who you are.

Failing to adapt to a changing retail market has littered the path to takeover or bankruptcy for one-time dominant retail brands such as Sears and Eaton's.