Opinion

Full marks to Mayor Lyn Hall for casting the deciding vote last week in favour of a development that will see two six-storey apartment buildings built on O'Grady Road in College Heights to house 167 rental units.

When it rains in Vancouver, much like this fall in Prince George, it is drenching, windy, warmishly-frigid and squishy underfoot. Such days are reminiscent of the SFU parking lot, where precipitation was a constant companion.

It's that time of the year again, when witches and goblins invade our streets and beggars ring our door asking the question "Trick or Treat?" It all seemed to begin around 560 B.C. when witches were condemned by the Old Testament.

An open letter to Mr. Scheer and Mr. Singh: I am writing both of you in regards to an opportunity that comes only once every century - the chance to fundamentally rebalance a country's political lines and make-up.

Dear Mr Godbout, I see you don't fancy the new sculpture outside the Rolling Mix Coliseum (editorial, Oct. 21).

With the referendum on the proposed new swimming pool and fire hall coming up on Saturday, there seem to be a lot of unanswered questions.

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.