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How Brett blew up the Internet

How Brett blew up the Internet

Brett Connolly has passed Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and even his Washington Capitals teammate Alex Ovechkin as the featured player in the most-watched NHL video in Twitter history.
Dream a little dream

Dream a little dream

With the leader of the free world behaving like a spoiled cartoonish bully who just crawled out of a steaming pond of toxic orange juice, it shouldn't surprise us that some of people have a bad opinion of capitalism. The term has become derisive.
Fond memories of Del

Fond memories of Del

Amy Laverdure, what a very touching letter you wrote about your time with your dad! It took me a few reads because I'd tear up. Del was very special person with a heart of gold. This I found out early on in Grade 12 English.
Open and honest?

Open and honest?

With a new fairly weak government in B.C. I had a misguided hope that we would have a more open and trusting government than the previous majority government of Christy Clark.
Referendum needed on Trans Mountain pipeline

Referendum needed on Trans Mountain pipeline

Why does the premier not put the pipeline to a referendum so the entire province can voice its opinion? It seems he is just trying to save his job by catering to a few.
Stopping pipe might not stop tankers

Stopping pipe might not stop tankers

Opposition B.C. Liberals are hypothesizing a hidden potential side-effect in Alberta's legislative move to send B.C. gas prices sky-high.
We are what we hear

We are what we hear

Amy Laverdure's touching letter about the 10th anniversary of her dad's death from cancer at the age of 50 opened up a ton of memories among the longtime staff at The Citizen.
Cholesterol critical to life

Cholesterol critical to life

As I sit, writing, I can almost hear my arteries hardening. Cholesterol is out to get me! Cholesterol is a word which strikes fear in our hearts. It is connected to coronary heart disease or CHD.
Bitumen sinks, we shouldn't ship it

Bitumen sinks, we shouldn't ship it

In his televised speech, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asserted federal authority and national interest to proceed with the Kinder Morgan expansion. I assert the right of Earth's citizens to an unpolluted sea and international interest.
Chilcotin War part of murderous tradition

Chilcotin War part of murderous tradition

I write in response to Svend Serup's letter (Reconciliation needs truth, April 11, Citizen). Serup is correct that aboriginal people sometimes massacred entire enemy groups, including women and children.