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Prince George dials up some new technology

Prince George dials up some new technology

This week in Prince George history, March 4 to March 10: March 10, 1958: Staff of the Northwest Telephone Company were preparing to bring Prince George into a new age of telecommunication technology.
Discovering food and developing life skills

Discovering food and developing life skills

Being able to cook and prepare healthy, balanced meals is a life skill, one that can be developed from early on. Teaching children to shop for and prepare food can set them up for a lifetime of healthy eating.
Deep roots for Toombs family in Prince George

Deep roots for Toombs family in Prince George

The Prince George history of the Toombs family goes as far back as 1922. Kenneth Toombs was born in May of 1935 in Vernon B.C. He was living north of the historic O'Keefe Ranch in the Grandview Flats area of Vernon.
The Goodkeys are Pineview pioneers

The Goodkeys are Pineview pioneers

In 1919 Roy Goodkey's grandfather Robert James Blackburn purchased the family farm about six miles southeast of Pineview.
A dual-citizenship adventure

A dual-citizenship adventure

A few years ago, after a strange trip down the rabbit hole of the internet, my husband and I discovered that both he and the kids were eligible to become Hungarian citizens.
Love is all you need

Love is all you need

Life is filled with challenges, and we are always looking for answers. The Beatles told us, "All you need is love, love. Love is all you need." The difficulty with this credo is that love has many different meanings and interpretations.
Making good choices part of nutrition month

Making good choices part of nutrition month

March is nutrition month and this year the Dietitians of Canada is celebrating with the theme "Unlocking the Potential of Food." Food has the potential to not only provide fuel, but to promote discovery, prevent chronic disease and bring us together.
Police can't solve people's problems

Police can't solve people's problems

Mr. Godbout is right in saying "slapping on the cuffs and throwing them in the back of cruisers" doesn't fix anything. I have some knowledge in that regard and I don't think the police or the complainant expect it to.
Homeless people ruining city for all

Homeless people ruining city for all

I am writing this letter as a law-abiding, taxpaying citizen. Tonight, I went to deposit a cheque at a downtown bank and see a message to customers on the window stating that we are no longer able to get to the ATM after the bank is closed.
Trying to build better society

Trying to build better society

Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled Budget 2018 in the House of Commons on Feb. 27. The online version of the document is 369 pages long. It doesn't really get into any numbers until well into the document.