Opinion

This week in Prince George history, April 29 to May 5: May 2, 1922: A manhunt was on for the suspect in an assault that left one man in hospital with "a split forehead and a nasty gash on the back of his head," The Citizen reported.

I had the great fortune to watch flat-track roller derby this past weekend and I have say that I was unprepared for how awesome it was.

The Hart Pioneer Centre will be hosting the B.C. Provincial Carpet Bowlers Association playoffs from Monday, May 7 through to Friday, May 11.

British writer Doris Lessing said, "A public library is the most democratic thing in the world. What can be found there has undone dictators and tyrants.

Black knot is a fungal infection that certain deciduous trees are prone to. Trees in the prunus genus such as plum, cherry, and especially maydays and Schubert chokecherries are the trees to watch.

We recently advertised a campaign at our church called the Promises Campaign. During the months of February and March, on Sunday mornings we talked about how God makes incredible promises to each of us that can be found in the Bible.

In the classic Cold War novel (and fine 1965 film) The Bedford Incident, a U.S. destroyer on a NATO mission tangles with a Soviet submarine in the frigid waters near the Arctic Circle.

I am a very lucky person.

Schools have never been just schools and teachers have never been just teachers. Schools have always been neighbourhood centres, community halls, voting places, sports facilities and performing arts centres.

The pastor was clear. "When you have God within you, the business you are working with will thrive!" The words caught my wandering mind off-guard and I tried to focus on what I had just heard.