Opinion

If approved by voters Saturday, the new $15 million fire hall will be built on the southern corner of Massey Drive and Carney Street, taking up part of Carrie Jane Gray Park.

The world has seen a plethora of "experts" providing nutritional advice that sounds definitive and evidence-based.

Last week, I wrote about proportional representation as something I am glad the federal government isn't going to pursue. I had a few friendly comments, mostly to the effect people thought I would be in favour of such a system.

This is a revised and updated version of an editorial from Rotary International that first appeared in the Aug. 17, 2015 print edition of The Citizen: Although the world is now 99.9 per cent free of polio, the disease persists in some places.

There comes a time in this twilight period between autumn and winter where I try, as hard as I can, to ignore the impending season change. There are many winter jobs to do when you live in Prince George. And I don't like them. At all.

I recently asked my Grade 12 students if Raphael Lemkin, the man who coined the term "genocide", was a great man. What I got in response from my students was quite thought provoking.

In regards to Quebec's Bill 62 (face-covering ban), this is not so Canadian. Being an Imam of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Canada, as I hear the news about the "niqab-ban" in one of our provinces, it truly saddens me.

I have not really had a chance yet to comment on Jagmeet Singh's victory as leader of the NDP. I was somewhat surprised at the first ballot win that overwhelmingly put Singh into that position. I suppose I should not have been surprised.

Prince George's commitment to public art is impressive, in quantity, quality and longevity.

What is happening to small business owners as a result of the new tax changes in Canada recently is no game and definitely no laughing matter. The truth is that despite the lowering of the corporate tax rate in the next couple years from 10.