Opinion

Elsie (Suderman) Wiens of Dutch descent was born in Winnipeg, Man., in 1934. Elsie's story is quite unique; her grandparents were of Dutch descent and living in Russia.

As a part of an assignment for a doctoral thesis, a college student spent a year with a group of Navajo Indians on a reservation in the Southwestern United States.

Flowering shrubs such as Weigela florida are an attractive addition to any landscape. Native to northern China and Korea, this deciduous flowering shrub has clusters of beautiful tubular flowers that run along the length of the arching branches.

It is rather ironic for Christy Clark to point out the track record of Alberta's lack of focus with their resources. In B.C. we have shown a great lack of foresight regarding our natural resources.

The death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia last Saturday brought out the usual array of social media postings that ranged from the most vitriolic to the most admiring words of goodbye to the long sitting conservative judge.

"ISIS is a death cult that has declared war on the civilized world," tweeted federal Conservative leader Rona Ambrose on Wednesday as the debate raged in the House of Commons about Canada's military role in Syria and Iraq.

I was a teacher before I got married and was very proud of that fact. I am now 82 years old, so that was a long time ago. I taught 20 students between Grades 1 to 8 in a small school in northern Saskatchewan.

While Finance Minister Mike de Jong trumpets the fourth budget in a row to show a surplus on the operating side, he ought to be giving quiet thanks to a long-departed auditor general for an accounting change that continues to sweeten the bottom line.

Why downgrade a world-class facility, Tom Masich asked last June in a lengthy letter to The Citizen explaining his opposition to the proposed "improvements" to the Prince George stadium that bears his family's name.

It was the wave of alarm about never-ending cost increases in health care a few years ago that brought the phrase "bending the curve" into common usage in political circles.