Opinion

I must object to your misleading political cartoon of Feb. 1. The suggestion that Trump's "Muslim ban" would spur Muslims to become terrorists is ridiculous.

It's not so much that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has cavalierly dismissed the major promise to change the voting system that he made routinely throughout the last election campaign. It's that he made such a dumb promise in the first place.

During Premier Christy Clark's visit to Prince George Wednesday, the most important man in her entourage was the fellow with the camera. John Lehmann is one of Canada's most decorated newspaper photographers.

One of the first times I remember that I was really nervous getting up in front of people was in Grade 5. Our school was having a talent show of some sort and our teacher was really good about getting everyone involved and participating.

Viola (Stafford) Merritt was born in Norgate, Manitoba, in 1923 as the fourth of five children. As an adult, Vi moved to the coast and went to school in Vancouver to train as a psychiatric nurse.

This week in Prince George history, Jan. 29 to Feb. 4: Jan. 31, 1955: Flash flooding on Jan.

Irena Sendler, when asked about the thousands of Jewish children she had saved during the Second World War, said "I was no hero. I just did a regular thing." This is a common sentiment of rescuers. In many ways, they are absolutely right.

Whoever had the fantastic idea to have a music festival in Prince George in the dead of winter is a genius.February in Prince George is a terrible month surpassed only by March and sometimes April.

I don't need farmers; I get my food from the grocery store. Sounds ridiculous, right? The Colorado Press Association used it as part of a recent marketing campaign, comparing it to the phrase "I don't need newspapers; I get my news from the Internet.

FROM THE ARCHIVES: In honour of Kathi's sudden death this week at age 69 , here's a column she wrote in February 2017 about one her favourite fellow animal welfare advocates, Mary Tyler Moore.