Opinion

Cariboo-Prince George MP Todd Doherty is imploring area residents to take better care of their health after he nearly died as the result of emergency surgery to remove his gallbladder.

Why - after all the gifts of funding and finances for those living with poverty - are people on disability again being forced to apply for pension funds when most are still in their 30s and 40s? I know that the cavalier line from head office is that

I took offense to Mark Ryan's editorial likening marbles to minimum wage. Using marbles to extol the "negative" effects of people making enough money to survive is insulting. We've lost our way.

Mr. Andrew Weaver - the man who would be king. Or, at least, the kingmaker. There is no question he holds the balance of power in the B.C. Legislature.

Mayor Lyn Hall is a team player and clearly prefers to govern by committee. First as school board chair and now as Prince George's mayor, Hall builds consensus with his fellow elected officials.

I am in complete agreement with Neil Godbout's editorial "Telling it like it is." Growing up in a foreign land and experiencing bias and prejudice isn't easy for anyone.

Few topics are as discussed at Davos as "inequality." Business leaders and bankers take a great interest in debating how to ensure that globalization works for the many and not just for the few.

Herbert J. Maxwell was born in Assiniboia, a town in Southern Saskatchewan in 1925. He arrived in Prince George in the early 1950s and first worked for the Imperial Tobacco company selling tobacco products to retail stores.

As an arts administrator, I can say from experience that necessity of fundraising is, and always will be, top of mind. It's this perpetual thing that we constantly do.

As a third generation Arab-Canadian, I have long been troubled by the conflicts in the Middle East. When I read about riots, fighting, hatred and killing in the land of my ancestors, I experience an odd mix of emotions.