Opinion

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.

Perennials are a favourite in many landscapes. They tend to come back year after year when cared for properly and add to the overall appearance of many landscapes. Perennials, unlike annuals, only bloom for a few weeks each season.

Question? I have been watching and waiting for the London burning tower to turn into dust and collapse into it own footprint in less than 10 seconds, from fires. Hmmmmmm... alas it did not do this.

A recent letter to your paper asserted that "science is confusing." This is exactly and completely wrong. The layman may not understand much of science and its findings, but it is science that rolls back confusion and superstition.

Mother-in-law can't get onto disability In 2015 my mother-in-law, due to her inability to work because of disabilities both mental and physical, was forced into several bad situations regarding her living situation.

In my column a few weeks ago I discussed the critical importance of the speaker in the next B.C. Legislature. I referenced an article that appeared in the Vancouver Sun, in which Rob Shaw suggested that B.C. politics was headed towards a quagmire.

Google informs us horrible things about each other even when we don't ask it to do so. Just ask its search bar on its home page.