Opinion

This week in Prince George history, Sept. 18-24: Sept. 24, 1920: Journalist Russell R. Walker reflected on the changes 10 years, the Spanish Flu epidemic and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway had brought to the region west of Prince George.

Teacher and motivational speaker Jack Canfield tells us, "Take the risk to ask for whatever you need and want. If someone says no, you are no worse off than when you started. If someone says yes, you are a lot better off.

When I was in high school, a friend of mine was on a Youth In Government group and bright kids from all of the high schools in town all spent an evening or a week or two playing municipal government.

It's not often that during the first week of a new job one gets a call from the managing editor of the local daily newspaper, asking if there is interest in writing a new, weekly column for his paper.

I once heard the phrase "the only time you fail is when you give up trying." In some of life's more challenging moments, it's easy to throw your hands up, tell the world (or yourself) "I give up!" and internally claim failure.

Perhaps one of the first science questions that pop into anyone's mind is: "Why is the sky blue?" Indeed, this is one of those questions children often ask their parents or even scientists.

I am one of many frustrated parents out there who are tired of hearing about careless incidents involving school buses, from drivers rear-ending school buses, to drivers failing to stop for school buses dropping off children, just to name a couple.

New Democratic Party leader John Horgan chose a gathering of native leaders last week to lay out a major promise in the platform he will take into the 2017 provincial election. "A B.C.

This wasn't what some First Nations leaders and environmental leaders thought Justin Trudeau meant by sunny ways.

Years ago a group of teachers started a commercial fishing company to keep them busy during the off season.