Opinion

My dad died in November of pancreatic cancer. We joined together and celebrated his life and ministry recently, on Jan. 12.

There was little question in my mind that I would return to a discussion of American politics this week. With my coffee in hand, I sat and watched the inauguration of Donald Trump as the president of the United States.

Here we go again. Another week, another massive report by top doctors and scientists finding very limited medicinal value to marijuana.

What are the odds of two people from Prince George winning significant lottery jackpots in the same week? The number is so close to zero that, as far as a statistician or a poker player would see it, it is zero.

I am writing regarding the Jan. 17 column: "Pipeline decision about winning votes." To the writer: who are you and what did you do with Todd Whitcombe? The column appears to have way too many facts, too much sanity and logic in it.

Shirley Ballum's letter defending Nathan Giede's last two columns shows she understood more of them than I did. I looked up "modernity" in my fairly new dictionary, couldn't find it, so I presume he means "modern-times liberalism.

You'd think the New York Times would have its hands full dealing with the reek of apparent corruption closer to home. They have bureaus in Washington and New Jersey, for heaven's sake.

Beneath the doom and gloom about the potential havoc a Donald Trump presidency might wreak upon the Canadian and world economy, there are numerous opportunities for Canada in general and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in particular to score significan

Gloria's husband's business was sick and she reached out to me this week from a distant community. "We are struggling and we need help," she said. "We are losing money right now.

For the past couple of weeks, we have been discussing the chemistry of the brain and how it impacts the mind.