Opinion

In 2014, there was the trial of the century for Cody Legebokoff, who would receive a life sentence for murdering three women and a teenaged girl before his 21st birthday.

At the Dec. 12 District of Mackenzie council meeting, Bruce Carscadden from Carscadden Architects Inc. provided an update to council on the second phase of the recreation centre upgrades. Mr.

As 2016 ends, I find myself utterly exhausted from the year's events like many people, but also quietly reassured - unlike so many of my fellow critics.

Broadcaster and motivational expert Earl Nightingale tells us, "Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal." Every year, many of us come up with New Year's resolutions.

Upon reading various letters to this paper, the underlying theme seems to be that no government has a real majority. This stems from the fact that not a lot of us bother to vote.

If 2016 was a novel, it would be a story stretching incredulity. Right off the bat, 2016 was a year of disappointment for music fans. The passing of David Bowie brought an end to an era of musical eclecticism and genius.

This editorial first appeared in the Dec. 24, 2013 edition of The Citizen and it's become a bit of a local favourite for its twist on the famous "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" letter.

Two years ago, a good friend of mine died here in Prince George, along with three others over the Christmas Holidays, all from fentanyl overdoses.

So last week, I began a series of columns comparing different types of electoral systems. I began by looking at single-member plurality and majority systems. This week I will begin to look at proportional representation systems.

There was a time when it was possible to wish another person "Merry Christmas" without worrying about offering offence. Back then, children in public school and their parents could look forward to the traditional Canadian Christmas concert.