Opinion

I grew up near the UBC Endowment Lands in Vancouver. During the spring and summer, a major activity for our group of kids was catching frogs. Unfortunately, my favourite frog pond is now a housing development where frogs don't swim anymore.

This week my family experienced a relatively new adventure game while away on a trip to a wedding. In a mock emergency, we were locked in to a room with a nuclear generator which was purportedly overheating.

In the brilliant TV comedy series Community, there is an episode where dean Craig Pelton (Jim Rash) and Pierce Hawthorne (Chevy Chase) are attempting to come up with a mascot for the fictional Greendale Community College.

Growing up here in Prince George I used to think that my dad was the king of the rednecks. That being what it was, when it was, and I was about 30, I started to realize that he was more tolerant that I ever was up until then.

Re: editorial from Nov. 17, entitled Destiny's tragic ending. I do appreciate the article and bringing light to this very real ongoing issue. I am however not impressed with the reference to "the Father Clan.

During my nurses' training at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver in the 1960s, I worked at Essondale Mental Hospital. My husband and I also worked in a group home for delinquent boys in Vancouver.

Thank you never seems to be enough when one is so greatly overwhelmed by the generosity of others. Our family is so appreciative of the support and love of everyone that has been by our side over the last few months and during Corrie's last days.

On my walk on the heritage trail today there was a tear brought to the eyes of my wife and me to find that the tree that was destroyed by vandals has been replaced by good Samaritans, and also redecorated by the individual who always decorates it.

He has an honest desire to improve the country. His track record as a successful business person is proven. He outfoxed the media with his acting during the campaign. As a result they provided free exposure and advertising for him.

To be sure, everyone is entitled to his or her opinion. In a letter published on Nov. 12, Paul Serup denounced The Citizen and other media for their coverage of Donald Trump alleging that all had been so very kind to Hillary Clinton.