Opinion

I am glad that September is nearly over for one reason: no more apples. Even though we hard pruned my parent's apple tree last year in the hopes of getting a reprieve from the exceptionally prolific tree, it was not enough.

This week, instead of writing about a senior, I would like to invite you to attend a local heritage speaker series at the Prince George Public Library to listen to four amazing local seniors who will give their perspective on the early years of Princ

Radio personality and motivational speaker Earl Nightingale said, "Treat every person as the most important person on earth." This advice may seem counterintuitive.

As I was cleaning up the vegetable garden, I noticed some new spinach seedlings coming up.

Canada is one of the few advanced countries that can't seem to hold an authentic public discussion about immigration policy. Canadian boosters of high immigration and those who oppose it are mutually contemptuous.

They say B.C.'s pot laws have taken so long to sort out because May's provincial election delayed the process. Either that, or our guys were hot-boxing a van behind the legislature and simply forgot to get it done.

So last week I promised to take a look at Donald Trump's speech to the UN but before I dive into the specifics, I have to say that this column has really come full circle and that there have been many linking threads and ideas in my mind over the las

Four weeks from today, Prince George residents will vote whether they are in favour or not of building a replacement for Fire Hall #1 and the Four Seasons Pool. Except that's a somewhat misleading statement.

I find it extremely disturbing that there will be only one day to voter for or against a new fire hall.

In the summer of 1944, a young military aviator named Bert Stiles was based in England, where he wrote his memoirs in a book titled Serenade to the Big Bird. In his book, Bert noted the deplorable physical condition of a school near his airdrome.