Opinion

The term "cat bird seat" is from a James Thurber short story of the same name and is used to describe someone in an enviable position. As our B.C.

An open response to Chief Terry Teegee's missive dated May 19th in this newspaper. Dear Mr.

Today is National Aboriginal Day and the history of First Nations, locally and across Canada, continues to be rewritten, expanded and challenged. Two weeks ago, with news that the Law Society of B.C.

Your opinion piece that Alberta has export permit laws for oil and natural gas and could reduce the flow of energy to B.C. in a protracted dispute over the Enbridge Pipeline expansion is interesting. The geographic zone of B.C.

There are many studies of the pros and cons of building the Site C dam that should be given regard. One of them, the Federal/Provincial Joint Review Panel, expressed concerns about the $9 billion cost for the construction and that's just a start.

The front page story in the June 15th Citizen continues the local misconception that in 1913, the local native band was forcibly moved from their reserve and the village was wantonly burned to displace them.

A scan of the Prince George Citizen digital archive reveals Site C was a topic as far back as 1974. At the time, the W.A.C. Bennett Dan was relatively new (flooding took place in 1968) and B.C. Hydro was thinking ahead to additional power needs.

Leaders stand up for the sick and the hurting. Leaders run towards people in danger to offer aid. Some of those leaders are even politicians. All joking aside, Friday was a pretty special day for Cariboo-Prince George MP Todd Doherty.

Gandhi said: "To safeguard democracy the people must have a keen sense of independence, self-respect, and their oneness." Evidence of the power of the common person was seen recently in the British elections.

Once a year we celebrate our fathers. If you have a wonderful dad, that's great. But for some of us, there is no celebration. We all have dads but some are missing. Some are dead. Others have never been in our lives. Some only intermittently.