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Downtown parking system flawed

Downtown parking system flawed

A friend is totally upset about getting a parking ticket for parking over three hours in the downtown restricted parking zone. Why is she upset? Because she did not park anywhere near the length of three hours.
4/20 a headache for Trudeau

4/20 a headache for Trudeau

April 20 is 4/20 on the calendar, the numerical slang long used by marijuana enthusiasts to signify lighting up. This year's 4/20 has major significance because this will be the last year the current laws of the land apply.
Editorial was spot-on

Editorial was spot-on

Good morning from Kelowna! A little delayed but Neil Godbout's editorial of April 9 in the Kelowna Daily Courier prompts me to send a short congratulatory response. I have not read an assessment so spot on about our current society as yours.
Summit offers tips for mental health

Summit offers tips for mental health

Balancing Our Minds is a youth summit that is focused on teaching teens about mental health.
Catching up after political fasting

Catching up after political fasting

Thanks to Eastertide, my fast from political commentary is now over, much to the relief of several readers, I'm sure. As a last mea culpa, I ask all contributors to Clergy Comment to forgive me for treading into their turf uninvited.
Of elbows and elections

Of elbows and elections

Gordie Howe was known as Mr. Hockey but that came much later in his life. Among opposing players at the height of his career, however, Howe was known as Mr. Elbows for his dirty, vicious style.
'I loved the place as soon as we drove into town'

'I loved the place as soon as we drove into town'

Hart Highlands Ski Hill volunteers Gary and Heather Couch have been in Prince George since 1969. Gary Couch was born in Edmonton in 1943 and at the age of seven his family moved to Vancouver.
Christy Clark needs to go, win or lose

Christy Clark needs to go, win or lose

Our local MLAs, Shirley Bond and Mike Morris have done their duties in the provincial legislature very well, and I hope they are elected again. But I don't think Christy Clark is a very good Premier.
Local Liberal messaging misfire

Local Liberal messaging misfire

Let me first say that I greatly appreciate the well-deserved flak that The Citizen has been hurling at the BC Liberals for their pre-election spate of announcements of surplus moneys they've been building up for years which are now being recklessly s
Looking into party platforms

Looking into party platforms

The writ has dropped. The provincial election is off and running as can be observed by the plethora of signs appearing on boulevards around town. Like mushrooms emerging from the winter soil, election signs proliferate with abandon.