Opinion

Post-truth, Oxford Dictionary's word of the year for 2016, is defined as "relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.

B.C.'s new representative for children and youth, Bernard Richard, appeared before a legislature committee this week and "reset" was one of the things on his mind.

Over the past several weeks, I have written about different electoral systems and how they work. Last week, I demonstrated that there can be variations on different types of systems that fit a country's specific needs.

Humans are like other animals, particularly mammals, in our preoccupation and enjoyment of sex.

We all make mistakes, but I wonder if I don't make more mistakes than most people. When I was about 11 years old, I made the mistake of throwing some stones at some kids that had a pellet gun.

Re: Man gets 14 months jail time for molesting girl. Justice Williams found Michael Scott Horswill guilty of molesting a four-year-old girl, then in the next breath he says Mr. Horswill is otherwise a "solid and upstanding member of the community.

I would like to inform the readers of The Citizen that the Council of Mackenzie has voted to proceed with construction plans too build a new community hall on the site of the existing and running curling rink.

Canada is an amazing country, and those of us who are here must consider ourselves very fortunate and blessed, and must be profusely grateful for those who came here before us, especially European settlers, who have made this such a wonderful place.

The B.C. government signed on the dotted line this week and committed to endorsing and supporting Kinder Morgan's polarizing oil-pipeline proposal from Alberta to the Lower Mainland.

In the modern era of identity politics, the politics can't be justified until the identity has been established. In other words, you can't talk the talk unless you walk the walk.