Opinion

The golden years are fool's gold, many seniors joke. The number of daily medications rise, the kids and grandkids call less, the bones and muscles ache more, the sight and memory fade.

Last week I wrote about how the Donald Trump candidacy was made possible. I argued that there were a series of reasons that he was able to gain the nomination.

Our son Malcolm has what is generally referred to as "high-functioning autism," meaning he is verbal, can follow instructions and can consume information at a staggering rate with meticulous accuracy.

In the last 14 years, School District 57 (Prince George) has closed 22 schools.

As I sit down to write my contribution for clergy comment I can't get my mind off Hurricane Matthew and the devastation being experienced by so many in the world right now. Particularly in Haiti. The death toll has surpassed 1,000.

Re: Todd Whitcombe's article on carbon tax. To clarify for Mr. Whitcombe, "revenue neutral" means that every dollar raised by B.C.'s carbon tax is returned to British Columbians in the form of tax relief.

It's 8:30 a.m. Wednesday and the cole George Jay elementary gym is humming. A little red-headed girl runs up to Leslie Lee: "I miss you." "I miss you, too," Lee replies.

Tonight, Toronto plays Cleveland in the opening game of the American League championship series. Starting today, The Citizen pledges to make its best effort to refer to the Cleveland Indians as simply Cleveland.

The eagle swooped down with its talons extended, on what it must have thought was a beaver swimming across the lake in the Chilcotin one summer day. In reality, that beaver was the long matted hair of the hippie Michael Theodor.

I've had a lot of interesting conversations over the past few weeks with my colleagues and partners in the arts community of Prince George.