Opinion

Elisabeth Veeken and Lynne Thanos have a problem. The two mothers are both in a situation where an older child is attending Duchess Park secondary school, but there is no room at the school for the younger sibling heading into Grade 8.

Mud wasn't an intimidating factor for a self-respecting boy growing up among the rain forests of North Vancouver. Mud was the stinky underfloor of frog ponds, the pungent home of skunk cabbage and the gooey stuff of well-flung mud-balls.

Thank you, Prince George! On Sept. 5, at the lawns of city hall, Prince George celebrated Labour Day with gusto.

I am writing this letter to express my disappointment at the school district. Mr. Cable is quoted as saying that looking at the numbers of kids coming in from the French programs has never been discussed.

In the case of Federal Court judge Camp who asked a 19 year old woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted "why didn't you keep your knees together" or "why couldn't you have squatted down" and referred to her as "the accused," his ignorance of Canad

Many people can point to certain historical events that occurred in their lifetimes as moments that went on to define their generation, perhaps even themselves.

The performing arts centre plan was already dead, as likely to be built over the next few years as the Northern Gateway pipeline, but now the arts centre - at least in its current $50 million form - has been drowned in not one but two swimming pools.

Pipeline politics in British Columbia are stickier and more toxic than the stuff that actually flows through the pipe.

Re: Why isn't an apology enough? (Letter, Thursday, Sept. 8). He says from his perch of white male privilege. Bill Golley Prince George

Last week was the start of the school year. Students across the province returned to classrooms, filled with anticipation of the year to come.