Opinion

The nightmare scenario in many people's minds concerning the Trans Mountain Pipeline is a tanker spill in the Salish Sea. It would legitimately qualify as a catastrophe.

Kevin Vickers, the Canadian ambassador to Ireland, made international headlines Thursday for jumping out of his chair to physically remove a noisy protester during a ceremony in Dublin to recognize the British soldiers who died during the Easter Risi

Mark Twain said "the two most important days of your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why." In other words, every life has a purpose and we need to realize how our particular gifts can make the world better.

This week in Prince George history, May 22-28: May 23, 1940: The local branch of the Army and Navy Veterans in Canada sent a telegram to Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, calling for all 'enemy aliens' to be interned, The Citizen reported.

Clarence and Dawn Wigmore will celebrate 50 years of marriage this July. They met 56 years ago in Prince Edward Island and I believe that they were soul mates from the start - a couple that completes one another and who met when the time was right.

Every night for the last month, my son has been asking me the same question: "Mom, is it summer yet?" I smile and say, "Not yet, but soon.

Aboriginal people represent four per cent of the total population in Canada. But the statistics indicate that they continue to represent 71 per cent of the incarcerated population.

The B.C. Liberals are asking whether British Columbians would be as keen to get rid of big money financing of political campaigns by corporations and unions if taxpayers were forced to pick up the tab instead.

Cody Alan Legebokoff is getting exactly what he deserves in a Vancouver courtroom this week. The B.C. Court of Appeal setting aside time to hear an appeal of his conviction for murdering four women seems like such a waste of the court's time.

How complex does an assembly of molecules have to be before it comes alive? It is one of the great questions perplexing scientists.