Opinion

Recently I had to go to the Prince George hospital for a stress test on my heart. When I got there, I put enough money towards parking to cover the five hours I was supposed to be there for the test.

I would like to thank our city councillors and mayor for, once again, raising our property tax. In particular, Coun. Frizzell is to be thanked for due dilgence, calling from South America, on our dime, agreeing to the latest grab.

Where is B.C.'s leadership on climate change? Moving first can be risky.

Dear President Trump: Congratulations on your victory. It was huge. The best victory ever. It is clear you know the best people and have the best people working for you. It is clear the Dems are losers. So sad.

Language matters, as we rediscover in almost every morning's newspaper. Discussion threads bristle with competing nomenclatures.

It should never have come to this. Moved by the suicides of two young girls in early January, a private donor has offered the Wapekeka First Nations $380,000 for youth mental health workers - money that Health Canada refused to provide.

The first page of the paper on Saturday, Jan. 28, has an article regarding the sentencing of a man found guilty of molesting a four-year-old girl. He was sentenced to 14 months in jail and three years probation.

I'm not surprised that our prime minister has done an about-face on his promise to bring about electoral reform. When I as a taxpayer look at the number of broken promises this government has done, I'm lost for words.

I'm back. In my 65 years, I have only ever written one letter to the editor. That was the day after DJT was elected President of the United Stares of Darkness. Now, about two weeks into the reign of chaos and mayhem, I write again.

On the day last week when Canadians were encouraged to help end the stigma around mental illness, Premier Christy Clark broadcast a brief, deeply personal message from the cabinet office in Vancouver.