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Beautiful B.C. a gold-plated motto

Beautiful B.C. a gold-plated motto

There once was a time when B.C. was not beautiful. That time was 1964. Ever since then, we have been reminded, whenever we pull up behind the car in front of us, that we live in Beautiful British Columbia. It says so right on the licence plate.
Climate report a wakeup call for Canada

Climate report a wakeup call for Canada

This past week, Environment and Climate Change Canada released Canada's Changing Climate Report 2019.
Senate a non-entity for most residents

Senate a non-entity for most residents

One of the prevalent obsessions of centre-right political parties in Canada has been figuring out a way to modify the Senate.
Reveal content sources

Reveal content sources

First, I want to applaud The Citizen's efforts to cover our local news, sports and human interest stories.
Red tape hard at work

Red tape hard at work

Bureaucrats at all levels of government love to complain about how their good intentions are either ignored or misinterpreted and that they are just trying to use their knowledge and experience for what's good for the communities and people they serv
Mansour did right

Mansour did right

I write to express my appreciation to Ms. Lila Mansour for her presentation at the recent Daughters of the Vote program in Ottawa.
Elder project worthwhile

Elder project worthwhile

I was sad to read Helen Sarrazin's response to the story of two local UNBC researchers being awarded much needed research support for collaborative studies of Indigenous elder mental health.
Leyne numbers wrong

Leyne numbers wrong

Temporary Foreign Workers at the LNG Canada project in Kitimat will not be in the numbers as reported by Les Leyne on Friday in the Prince George Citizen.
More work needed on area health care

More work needed on area health care

The very first of these columns was "Education is the key." There are numerous studies showing the societal benefits of a well-educated population. These are not just limited to better jobs and education is not limited to just university degrees.
Spring B.C. election possible

Spring B.C. election possible

The door is open as widely as it might ever be, so will the BC NDP walk through? It will sound a little weedy and backhanded as a half-hearted, double-negative assertion, but I have not been convinced yet that a provincial election is not on as we ge