Opinion

I would like to commend Neil Godbout for having the courage to write his articles about city bureaucrats out of control.

When Justin Trudeau took federal ownership of Kinder Morgan Canada, I wrote a letter to the PG Citizen about the soap box response of the B.C. government in the B.C. Legislature on the same day.

As mentioned in Wednesday's editorial, city manager Kathleen Soltis sent an email to The Citizen last Monday, explaining the restructuring process that happened at the senior management level after she was appointed in early 2015.

With just three months to go before we start voting, you can almost feel the tension in the air over the question of proportional representation. It is all anyone is talking about. Should we? Shouldn't we? OK.

Remembrance Day is still months away.

"It appears that the Prince George Citizen is at war with City staff," Coun. Jillian Merrick posted on her Facebook page Friday morning. "Just remember folks, if it's in the editorial section, it's an opinion piece, not an article.

During the last few weeks of elementary school, my son, as with most students and teachers, has been overtired. In my son, overtiredness manifests as extreme excitement (i.e. goofing around) and being disruptive both at home and at school.

I got up early today to write. I am trying to make writing a bigger part of my life by carving out pieces of time for myself when no one is around.

Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote, "It's the great mystery of human life that old grief passes gradually into quiet tender joy.

The executive director of the Prince George Council of Seniors Lola-Dawn Fennell is busy making plans for the 12th Annual Seniors Fair to be held Aug. 16 in the Kin 3 arena at this year's annual BC Northern Exhibition.