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Some advice for young professionals starting out

Some advice for young professionals starting out

As post-secondary students across the city take final exams and make preparations for graduation, some of them will begin looking to enter the business world. The impressionable ones will leave town for bright and shiny opportunities elsewhere.
Evolution about the best adapted

Evolution about the best adapted

Evolution. The theory of evolution actually predates Charles Darwin. It was a theory that naturalists had been exploring during most of the late 1700s and early 1800s.
Brain the best traffic safety equipment

Brain the best traffic safety equipment

I think that it's time we stopped pointing fingers at the city and its council and stopped attributing blame for motor vehicle accidents to a lack of turn signals when in most instances, human error also plays a massive role.
Gov’t dodging liability in Mount Polley disaster

Gov’t dodging liability in Mount Polley disaster

At first glance Tuesday, it looked as if the B.C. Liberals were accepting the auditor general's findings of guilt in connection with the catastrophic failure of the tailings dam at the Mount Polley mine.
Forest fires come with human costs

Forest fires come with human costs

The editorial below first appeared as a column in the Aug. 8, 2003 print edition of The Citizen: Abby-Leigh Heiser probably has no idea who I am, but I'll never forget her.
Budgeting for insurance can be challenging for young families

Budgeting for insurance can be challenging for young families

The Welcome Wagon lady came around to the hospital room shortly after our first daughter was born. We were promised a gift basket and a few freebies, which we quickly agreed to.
More concern for Ospika intersection

More concern for Ospika intersection

I fully share the concern regarding the lack of traffic lights at the intersection of Ferry Avenue and Ospika Boulevard as expressed by Terry Cummins.
Put your shopping carts away

Put your shopping carts away

Two of my top 10 pet peeves: 1) Shopping carts. It amazes me how many people have the ability to get a shopping cart but forget how to put them back.
Pledge to Queen a thank you

Pledge to Queen a thank you

The recent furor over the disavowing of one's loyalty to the Queen got me thinking yesterday.
Answers needed from CNC

Answers needed from CNC

The special board meeting planned to look into the College of New Caledonia's budget situation can't happen fast enough. The questions are numerous, starting with how does a $2.8 million operating deficit turn into a $1.8 million surplus, a $4.