Opinion

I recently saw a Malt-O-Meal cereal commercial featuring a mother and her two children sitting in the kitchen of their home.

Nineteenth-century British writer Eliza Tabor said, "Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal; it strengthens it, tempers, intensifies, but never destroys it.

Long time Prince George resident Rosanna (Sawatzky/Dyck) Konrad was born in 1932 in Grande Prairie, Alberta. Her parents Heinrick and Helena Sawatzky were German speaking Mennonites from near Kiev in Russia.

In a recent letter to the editor, dated Aug. 18, a local writer deplores the role and effect of religion in society and our nation. He blames religion for its negative impact on Indigenous people.

How many of you are aware of the new Customer Crisis Fund charge that has been added to B.C.

By the end of June, there had been more than 560 wildfires in British Columbia. As of Aug. 29, more than 1.2 million hectares of forest land and wildlife habitat had been destroyed. By that same date, 534 wildfires were burning in B.C.

Thanks to modern technology, humans can now see their brains at work, can comprehend the billions of microscopic connections that power the hard drive between our ears and can start mapping this incredible engine of ingenuity.

The federal government's approval of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion was overturned by the Federal Court of Appeal last week, handing a victory to First Nations and environmental groups. The court's decision was unanimous.

There's a lot of snickering and snide jokes about the B.C. Supreme Court decision this week to not recognize the sasquatch. But it doesn't take an outdoor-education degree to tell who's laughing the hardest - the sasquatch himself.

During Lyn Hall's formal announcement Thursday that he will be seeking a second term as the mayor of Prince George, The Citizen asked him two questions.