Opinion

I have a great disappearing act, though my wife Margaret, doesn't appreciate it much. I usually do this act when company comes over and stays late.

In regards to the article that Neil Godbout wrote about Kelly Road school and the need for a name change. Really, I totally disagree with your idea of naming the school.

In response to Stephen Rader's comments on Site C jobs going to Alberta, Mr. Rader, what are you talking about? I work in a service industry that supplies established contractors in Ft. St. John, employing people who are working at Site C.

Premier Clark has indicated that she intends to fight the election on a platform of job creation and her party has already released some misleading information on the subject.

Long ago, Shakespeare penned "The quality of mercy is not strained/ It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven.

There's not much in the way of splashy new spending ideas in Wednesday's federal budget, which is understandable given that the deficit is almost three times higher than what the federal Liberals promised before they took office.

Sitting at home, on a cold winter's evening, curled up in a warm blanket with a mug of hot chocolate in hand, the sound of the whirling fan in my gas fireplace is just not the same as the crackle of the wood fireplace of my youth.

As a professional historian, I found Mr. Godbout's remarks about the role that the academic study of history has in our society to be both ignorant and disturbing.

When a leader such as Christy Clark, Justin Trudeau or even Donald Trump assumes the title of premier, prime minister or president, any fundraising they take on while acting as that body's head should go to pay down the debt.

We had never been up this hike before and the written description we had was about as legible as stereo assembly instructions.