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Go love yourself, Vancouver

Go love yourself, Vancouver

I've been involved in an abusive relationship for the past eight years and I'm finally breaking free. I fell in love with Vancouver back in the 1990s, when it was a city of SkullSkates and hippies.
Budget tries to restore social safety net

Budget tries to restore social safety net

Last week, the Finance Minister Bill Morneau and his Liberal colleagues tabled their first federal budget. It contained the bad news everyone was anticipating.
‘The sound of the truck hitting me was horrendous’

‘The sound of the truck hitting me was horrendous’

On Saturday, March 19 at about noon, I was crossing 15th Avenue at Spruce Street. I was in a pedestrian-activated crosswalk with the light to walk. I was struck from behind by a pick-up truck that was making a left hand turn.
The story behind the famous photo

The story behind the famous photo

This is an updated version of a column that first appeared in The Citizen on June 8, 2007: They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but pictures, like words, aren't created equally.
Forgive your enemies

Forgive your enemies

During these pre-Easter weeks, many of us have been reading the Gospel narratives of Christ's sufferings upon the cross! From these readings we are reminded that Christ's sacrifice has made available the forgiveness of sin and the reconciliation of s
The disenfranchised voter

The disenfranchised voter

Last week I wrote about Donald Trump's appeal to a certain demographic of voters. I said that polls have shown that labour voters have looked to Trump to bring back the America of yesteryear with high paying, low skilled jobs.
Store Wars: the return of the condiment

Store Wars: the return of the condiment

In a grocery store far, far away one man purchased a bottle of French's ketchup. This was no ordinary bottle of ketchup. The man was Brian Fernandez, who wrote on Facebook Feb.
Easter's universal message

Easter's universal message

This weekend marks the holiest on the sacred Christian calendar, although for many of us it now represents simply the first big weekend of the coming summer season, a harbinger of Little League baseball games, barbecued bratwursts and beach outings.
Grow berries for good looking, great tasting landscape

Grow berries for good looking, great tasting landscape

Growing your own currants is a great way to have an edible landscape. They are an attractive multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub which gives you the added bonus of edible berries that make great jams, jellies as well as can be eaten fresh or dried.
Hospital staff great, despite lack of room, resources

Hospital staff great, despite lack of room, resources

Recently I was a surgical patient at UHNBC. I write this letter to show my appreciation and also to raise an awareness as to the needs we have regarding our health care program here in Prince George and surrounding regions. I was born in B.C.