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Helping hand much appreciated

Helping hand much appreciated

On May 18 at about 10 a.m. Hart Drug Mart parking lot, I was unable to enter my car because the battery in the key was dead and the key would not go in the lock. I stopped a young man going by.
Don't feed the animals

Don't feed the animals

Let me start by saying that I do not hate kids. Parents and guardians, however, leave much to be desired.
Every vote counts and other lies with numbers

Every vote counts and other lies with numbers

The reporting of the popular vote, both in last November's presidential election and this month's provincial election, is an irrelevant number that media outlets love to report but it simply bewilders the casual voter who wonders how someone could ha
Millennials well positioned for future

Millennials well positioned for future

Sitting in my car in the SFU parking lot one evening, simmering after having written a challenging exam, I listened to a talk show on some sort of news radio station which identified me, a cohort of the tail end of the baby boom, as a particularly un
This could be one of many universes

This could be one of many universes

Last week we were talking about the development of quantum mechanics and its surprising results. There is no doubt quantum mechanics is a valid explanation for all there is. It has been tested and re-tested in any number of ways for over 100 years.
Thanks to nurses

Thanks to nurses

On behalf of my mother, siblings and myself, we'd like to thank the nursing staff on the third floor of UHNBC that took wonderful care of my father's last few days.
Pioneer mural OK

Pioneer mural OK

Editor Godbout's editorial in the May 19 Citizen headed "Take down the disgraceful public art" may not go down as one of his better ones. Prince George is a town of tens of thousands of families living in security, raising families, paying taxes.
Great outdoors offers reboot

Great outdoors offers reboot

After the duststorm my column caused last week and the opportunity afforded by a long weekend, I decided to head into the hills for some fresh air. I've recently purchased a new pair of hiking boots and it was about time to break them in.
Andrew Weaver's house of cards

Andrew Weaver's house of cards

Playing a good hand as if it's a great hand is a rookie mistake in poker. Being dealt a pair of queens in Texas Hold 'Em is a fine hand but its value is in jeopardy when an ace and/or a king are flopped on the board. B.C.
Alberta oil producers holding world hostage

Alberta oil producers holding world hostage

Who would disagree that hostage-taking is a bad thing? Hence the brilliance of the politician-speak gifted to us by Rachel Notley, the premier of Alberta, last week that B.C. can't hold the economy hostage.