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Education makes a nation great

Education makes a nation great

After a long and hot summer, next week the city's educational institutions will once again be buzz with activities relating to teaching and learning. The school run will restart and minds will be set on absorbing knowledge and applying it.
Phone addiction is a habit worth kicking

Phone addiction is a habit worth kicking

Most of the research on phone addiction and deprivation is done on students. It's not just the "kids these days," though. At 45, I'm a recovering addict.
Are great sales people born or trained?

Are great sales people born or trained?

The Gilbert family seem like they were born to sell. Will Gilbert sold 16 cars in June while the average car salesperson in North America sold only 10 vehicles.
Columnists should look at science fiction

Columnists should look at science fiction

I think it would be particularly noteworthy if the political columnists of P.G. Citizen took jabs at trans-humanist politics and political science fiction. More specifically to note: lab-grown forests introduced into P.G.
Kudos to Prince George

Kudos to Prince George

My wife, myself and our two cats spent eight days in Prince George as a result of the evacuation order to the residents of Williams Lake. It had been years since I spent an extended period of time in your city.
Thank you on behalf of the horses

Thank you on behalf of the horses

The evacuated horses of the Cariboo thank you. To the small but VERY dedicated group of people for all the loving care and detailed attention during our stay at "summer camp" at the P.G. Exhibition barns and paddocks.
Statues can serve dual purposes

Statues can serve dual purposes

Don't be quick to dismiss the voices calling for the removal of statues of John A. Macdonald - some of those voices are crying out in pain, much of it the result of Macdonald's policies.
Beware 'food is medicine' quakery

Beware 'food is medicine' quakery

Hippocrates supposedly said: "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food." I disagree. Food is not medicine. I can hear people saying: "But Dylan, you have Type 1 diabetes and a PhD in human nutritional sciences.
Letting go at the right time

Letting go at the right time

I can still smell that first day of school. The unmistakable aroma of fresh pencil shavings and brand new pink erasers - which seemed to have been flavored at the factory to entice us to eat them.
Commendation for Citizen articles

Commendation for Citizen articles

Re: Commendation for standing against Trump and North Korea, "Please, take our Marxists" Aug. 16, 2017 I would like to commend The Citizen for several articles and your editorial entitled "He (Trump) stands with the Nazis" of Aug.