Opinion

So, which masterminds decided to put a light industrial zoned B.C.

Obesity is increasingly a problem in our society. The statistics indicate that we are getting fatter as a whole, which is not healthy at either a personal level or a societal level. Yet, we know that the question is simply one of calories.

"Old boys clubbed" was the headline above Citizen managing editor Dave Paulson's editorial on Feb. 11, 2009, cheering the appointment of then 41-year-old Brenda Butterworth-Carr as the new superintendent of the Prince George RCMP detachment.

Although he feigned anger, it was actually pride that spilled out the details of his daughter's wedding. Without a doubt, $50,000 was a lot of money in 1983, even if he only had one daughter.

As the spring hunting season in British Columbia comes closer, the controversial "trophy" grizzly bear hunt is brought up once again. When we begin to discuss the hunt something that needs to be understood is who "trophy hunters" are.

I've had a few curious messages sent to me since my last column. To be clear, I will not be throwing anyone from my past under the bus in a kamikaze like "tell-all memoir" and I'm not going to be using this space in place of the confessional.

Part two of two For her book Strangers In Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right, sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild left her cozy liberal confines at the University of California Berkeley for rural Louisiana.

Re: "Racist rally in Prince George." Now what might that be on about? If you read slightly further below the fold, the truth emerges that the rally opposes Bill 103.

On behalf of the community, the Prince George Public Library Board of Trustees would like to take this opportunity to express our appreciation to the current mayor and council and city administration for their support of both capital and operational

Every year the government prints a financial and economic review. It is a long, somewhat tedious document - not the sort of page turner that might keep you spellbound until the end. But reading it might keep you up at night.