Opinion

This week in Prince George history, May 8-14: May 14, 1931: Suspects in two separate double murders were set to go on trial at the spring session of the assize court in Prince George, The Citizen reported.

I have been watching and reading about the Fort McMurray fires in utter horror. My heart goes out to these families affected by this incredible disaster and I can't help but think about what would happen if it happened in Prince George.

When the auditor-general last week cited the B.C. Liberals for a decade of regulatory neglect prior to the breach of the tailings dam at the Mount Polley mine, the New Democrats drew a direct link to campaign donations from the mine owner.

Your editorial about Dave Mah captured the essence of someone I have also known and admired for many years. Affectionately known as 'ham' in my world (Mah spelled backwards) meant as a term of endearment to a man who was genuine in every respect.

One very important factor had been absent from the coverage of Auditor General Carol Bellringer's scathing report on the failings of the province's mine monitoring, and massively underfunded liabilities for mine accidents and polluting abandoned proj

By now it ought to be obvious that I don't really sympathize with the idea of "trigger warnings" and other jargon around sensitivity, let alone the pseudo-philosophies that give rise to such concepts.

"Those who believe their interest in land is affected by the proposed land use bylaw shall be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard," the Local Government Act states.

A week ago while I was driving out Sintich and Cummings Road I saw a group of young men and woman working very hard cleaning up the garbage from the sides of these road.

The question has arisen as to why marijuana should be legalized. The alternative question is why it was ever made illegal. The whole crusade against pot began almost a century ago in the United States when a bunch of good citizens of the U.S.

This past weekend was Mother's Day. For much of my youth, I grew up in a single parent home as my father passed away at an early age. I wasn't really conscious of the fact at the time. It was just the way things were.