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The road to Rosel's restaurant

The road to Rosel's restaurant

The award-winning restaurant known to many as Rosel's was a well-known restaurant that was owned and operated by Wilfred and Rosel Vogt from 1981 to 1997.
Too cold to care

Too cold to care

It is easy to forget the nice things about winter in the middle of a deep freeze - because, in the middle of a deep freeze, there are no nice things about winter.
Vancouver Aquarium made right call

Vancouver Aquarium made right call

For the last 20 years, Prof. Annie Booth has taught the class on environmental and professional ethics class, a fourth-year undergraduate course at UNBC.
Appalling hospital wait

Appalling hospital wait

Can anyone tell me if Prince George needs a serious look at the needs of this area for a new or improved hospital facility? I came to P.G. in 1964 and the staff shortages and facility inefficiencies were cited as being the same then as they are now.
Rewriting the past

Rewriting the past

An interesting news item in Victoria and Vancouver, which are considering changing streets named Trutch after B. C.'s first lieutenant governor. Apparently Colonial B. C.'s Mr.
Setting limits on solitary confinement

Setting limits on solitary confinement

This week, the Honourable Justice Mr. Leask of the B.C. Supreme Court ruled that indefinite solitary confinement in Canadian prisons is unconstitutional.
Maintaining idealism easier than you think

Maintaining idealism easier than you think

Long time consumer rights advocate Ralph Nader recently said in a radio interview, "The only true aging is the loss of idealism.
Focusing on what's important

Focusing on what's important

Is what you do really important? Recently, I was helping a business conduct a company meeting with their employees. As the meeting started, I tried to understand the participants and their positions in the company.
Not-so-strange bedfellows

Not-so-strange bedfellows

On the surface, it does seem odd but the warm welcome that Premier John Horgan received at the B.C. Natural Resources Forum this week in Prince George isn't that surprising.
LNG development defeats carbon goals

LNG development defeats carbon goals

Re: Enemy in the midst? (Jan. 17, 2018) B.C. is on track to miss its legislated climate target for 2020 by a wide margin. The province still lacks a plan to meet its 2050 goal of reducing carbon pollution to 12.6 million tonnes (Mt) per year.