Opinion

Congratulations to Josiah Wilson for his qualifying for the upcoming all-native basketball tournament as stated by The Canadian Press in your March 8 edition, not due to his athletic ability but because of his race.

The other day, a transgender friend of mine posted on her Facebook page about being consistently misgendered at the local Service Canada. Even when she corrected the workers, they continued to call her sir and a man.

If Pope Francis is going to study ordaining married men as priests, a very good place to start would be to consult with what God himself has said on the subject, as he is after all, Almighty God, the maker of heaven and earth.

I would like to address some inaccurate comments by Ben Parfitt in his March 10 column. Mr. Parfitt seems to suggest that B.C.

People love animals. It's other people we can't stand. For most residents, Thursday's front page photo of one of the dogs seized by the B.C. SPCA from a rural property near Burns Lake prompted a strong emotional reaction.

On several occasions, Citizen Editor Neil Godbout and I have discussed writing longer articles - "feature pieces" - on specific scientific topics as the length of these columns sometimes limits the depth of discussion.

Thank you very much for your very informative letter, Mr. Brink. However, I do think Scott McWalter's post on a social media community booster Facebook page was the wrong place to do it.

I have long suspected that the Citizen has been nothing more than a gossip magazine. I believe this reached the tipping point when Facebook drama became front page news.

Are they here to serve the public that elected them in? It seems that all they are doing is serving the public service.

Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day. In the 17th century, St. Patrick's Day was made an official Christian feast day. His traditional date of death is March 17, 461 A.D.