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Gorsuch appointment highlights role of Senate

Gorsuch appointment highlights role of Senate

Judge Gorsuch is now a U.S. Supreme Court judge but his confirmation by the U.S. Senate did not come without controversy. Talk of the use of the "Senate filibuster" and the "nuclear option" has been front page news for a few weeks.
Odds and dogs

Odds and dogs

Weekend snippets: Springtime means the dogs are out and their owners with them.
It takes a full 60 minutes of hockey

It takes a full 60 minutes of hockey

What I had read in The Citizen, and the comments by some of our long time favourite players, explained the season perfectly.
Left-wingers deranged over Trump

Left-wingers deranged over Trump

What is it about Donald Trump that causes people to abandon rational thought and logic and imagine all sorts of ridiculous scenarios? Girl Guides of Canada leadership seems to have fallen victim to this malaise and suspended trips to the U.S.
Course needed

Course needed

I received a phone call from the College of New Caledonia, informing me that there would not be any chance letting me hold a week or two course for oil-fired heating systems in our area.
Help eradicate polio

Help eradicate polio

Polio is not gone yet! Poliomyelitis is a severe disease that can cause irreversible paralysis and even death. In Canada, we see polio as a problem of past times, but it is not gone from this world.
Rural residents hit with high power costs

Rural residents hit with high power costs

In the 1970s, BC Hydro actively promoted the use of electricity as an economical and clean source of energy. During that time, we paid the higher rate for Step 1 of the residential bill and a lower rate for Step 2.
Time for the rich to pay their share

Time for the rich to pay their share

A few years back, ordinary people walked out and protested to occupy Wall and Bay Street. Their concerns dealt with the huge one-sided profit benefits enjoyed by participants of the stock market.
Don't thank the Liberals for Springwood

Don't thank the Liberals for Springwood

A school is reopening! A school is reopening! In Prince George, that's big news after more than a decade of closures, due to a decline of about 6,000 students, or more than 30 per cent, of the student population from 20 years ago.
Norway the leading EV nation in the world

Norway the leading EV nation in the world

Canadian electric vehicle (EV) sales were especially strong last year, with a record-setting total of 11,000 new vehicles sold.