Opinion

I have not yet weighed into the shooting that occurred in Las Vegas on Oct. 1. I couldn't last week because it would have been a rushed job to put it politely, and with new facts coming to light everyday, it is arguably still prudent to wait.

During the last days of the previous NDP government, I had a conversation with our local MLAs and asked, naively, why they didn't drop the PST prior to the election.

In our latest series of parenting endeavours, we have started to feel that we were depriving our children of fun activities as it seems like the rest of their peers were in some sort of activity.

Margaret (Davidson) Smith was the Prince George New Years' baby in 1944. She married Stanley William Roy Smith in 1965.

Christopher O'Byrne stood on the edge of the cliff, he looked down, considered jumping and then stepped back. He repeated the process over and over. He would walk away and then walk back. His mind told him to jump but his body just wouldn't do it.

Cancelling or suspending the $9-billion Site C dam on the Peace River shifted from options to distinct possibilities this week, as B.C. Hydro retreated from a crucial point it has been sticking to for months.

Here we go again. B.C. will once again ask its citizens if they want to change the electoral system. The B.C. NDP announced on Wednesday that British Columbians will be asked if they would like to move to a system of proportional representation.

In his book Man's Search For Meaning, Viktor Frankl (writing at a time when "man" meant "a person") tells us, "There are two races of men in the world, but only these two - the 'race' of descent men and the 'race' of indecent men....

Sentimental? Yes. But it is unfair to forecast doom and gloom or to lament the consolidation of industry stalwarts as a result of Andrew Peller Ltd.'s recently-announced acquisition of Black Hills Estate, Gray Monk Estate, and Tinhorn Creek wineries.

Thirteen months from now, B.C. voters will be puzzling over a mail-in ballot that could change every aspect of the traditional voting system, starting with the next election. Change to what, you ask? Don't ask me.