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Worst Month of the Year

Worst Month of the Year

This time of year is known in our family as The Worst Month of the Year. Winter has settled in and we begin to reminisce about the soggy, rotten, dog poo grass that is lurking underneath the hundred feet of snow.
He was the burr under the saddle of local politics

He was the burr under the saddle of local politics

Steve Sintich was born in 1939 out in the field on the family farm. Steve said, "If the Prince George Boundary Road extension goes through my place of birth would then be on the centre line of the new road.
Seek truth, speak truth, then follow with action

Seek truth, speak truth, then follow with action

Psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl said, "There are two races of men (people) in the world, but only these two - the 'race' of decent men and the 'race' of indecent men.
Modern guns are not what the founding fathers had in mind

Modern guns are not what the founding fathers had in mind

Re: Nobody needs automatic weapons, Feb. 22. This discussion, which is raging in the U.S. and sometimes in Canada, needs an examination of the reason some Americans and Canadians cling to the "right" to own personal weapons of any kind.
Trudeau's India trip a disaster

Trudeau's India trip a disaster

How did Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the world's favorite liberal mascot - a feminist man, with movie-star good looks and a 50 per cent female cabinet - end up looking silly, diminished and desperate on his trip to India this week? Trudeau
Customer service takes the right people

Customer service takes the right people

I am going to be honest, I don't usually eat at fast food restaurants. However last week I was in the Phoenix airport terminal and I was famished. Instead of lunch, I had escaped from the conference I had presented at and hiked Camelback Mountain.
How about public input?

How about public input?

Term limits are an issue. One example of this was that I did not vote for Brian Skakun on his third time around and neither will Frank Everitt and Albert Koehler get my vote for their third term.
Stopping the ICBC bleeding

Stopping the ICBC bleeding

ICBC achieved rock-star notoriety in the NDP government's budget this week. The Crown corporation appeared for the first time in the top-line summary of the provincial books. It's usually tucked in the more obscure parts of the provincial budget.
Legacy media build community

Legacy media build community

There was an interesting and well-attended panel discussion on Wednesday night at the Prince George Public Library to help area non-profit groups market their events and fundraisers with local media outlets.
Financial soft landing is the target

Financial soft landing is the target

Not catching fish is often a recipe for weird. Put boys in their toys and give them a little too much time. Stir in some angsty disappointment, and wait for the trouble to bubble.