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ALL-CAPS OUTRAGE!!!!!!

ALL-CAPS OUTRAGE!!!!!!

I told these two stories back in a column in 2003 but they're worth telling again in light of the Saturday protests in front of city hall.
City shouldn't ignore the library

City shouldn't ignore the library

I am absolutely outraged regarding the revelations penned by Neil Godbout in his Feb. 23 editorial (Public library wrote the book on frugality).
Lack of trust an issue for resource sector

Lack of trust an issue for resource sector

There is some good news and some bad news in a new Ipsos Reid poll conducted on behalf of Resource Works. The good news is that an overwhelming share of British Columbians believe the natural-resource sector is good for the province.
Civics education key to engaging youth in politics

Civics education key to engaging youth in politics

I suspect that all of the teachers out there who read this column won't be surprised when I say that the best part of my job is getting to engage with students everyday.
Hello and goodbye

Hello and goodbye

The ghosts are everywhere in a building that has been our home for the past 54 years. So many people, so much laughter, too many tears, so many stories, so many editions.
Derelict properties bylaw broken

Derelict properties bylaw broken

Throughout an exhaustive process, I have made an absolute monumental effort trying to educate the regional district to enact enforceable changes to the "derelict properties bylaw.
Union breaks ranks with NDP

Union breaks ranks with NDP

Everybody knows how B.C. works, right? Corporations support the B.C. Liberals. Union leaders - if not all union members - support the NDP. Individual voters go into every election knowing that's the broad lay of the land. B.C.
Hydro on unstable ground

Hydro on unstable ground

B.C. Hydro was still in the early stage Monday of assessing the 400-metre-long crack that opened up last week on the north bank of the Peace River, upstream from one of the anchor points for the Site C hydroelectric dam.
There's a difference between marketing, sales

There's a difference between marketing, sales

Last week, I got a call from somewhere in the midwestern United States from a business owner who wanted me to coach him and his partner.
B.C. should start playing to win

B.C. should start playing to win

Re: Increasing Log Exports (Prince George Citizen, Feb. 27, 2017) The contentious issue of rising log exports is here again, and B.C. continues to play lose - lose. Since 1987, 50 of 80 coastal sawmills have closed.