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First Nations court smart move

First Nations court smart move

Last year, PBS aired an insightful documentary called Tribal Justice, which followed two female Native American judges working in collaboration with the California legal system to use more traditional ways to deal with Indigenous offenders.
Still much to learn about DNA

Still much to learn about DNA

Almost everyone has heard of DNA - deoxyribonucleic acid. It is the stuff of genetics. The grand plan inside each cell which controls everything. The driver behind evolution and natural selection. Present in every living thing on or in the planet.
Telling it like it is

Telling it like it is

Part 2 of 2 The phrase "telling it like it is" has become the blanket defence for racists defending their bigotry.
Patients have outlet for complaints

Patients have outlet for complaints

In response to B. Rosin's letter (Jan. 20 Citizen), Northern Health has a Patient Care Quality Office. I would strongly encourage anyone who feels they have had a negative experience in a Northern Health facility to contact this office.
Reflection and correction

Reflection and correction

During the same week our Mr. T in Ottawa continued to belittle faith groups with smarmy one liners regarding abortion, the other Mr. T down in Washington spoke to the March for Life as he celebrated his first year in office.
Natural gas suggestions

Natural gas suggestions

There has been a lot of attention around LNG lately, including the letter that was printed in the Citizen from Karen Tam Wu of the Pembina Institute in Vancouver.
Thousands of fallen feathers

Thousands of fallen feathers

Part 1 of 2 Last week, a 14-year-old Indigenous girl was reported missing in Kenora, a town about the size of Quesnel in northwestern Ontario, near the border with Manitoba.
The road to tyranny

The road to tyranny

When editor Neil Godbout takes the time and energy to write an editorial which recommends a book, I take it to heart. Thus, I found myself this weekend reading On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder.
Downtown streets unappealing

Downtown streets unappealing

Prince George merchants and city council are always pushing to come shop downtown, so Thursday, Jan. 18, some of us went to check out downtown and the shops.
Renaming is not rewriting history

Renaming is not rewriting history

Re: Letter to the editor, entitled Rewriting the past, Citizen, Jan. 20 Mr. Groner seems to have got rather mixed up in his short letter about changing names and rewriting the past: they are not the same thing.