Opinion

Next Wednesday, area residents have been invited to a public open house at Vanway elementary school, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., to hear about a proposed dog kennel and breeding facility at the former Haldi Road school.

The other day I was asked about the federal Liberal promise to change the electoral system. This is one of those issues which play well before or during an election but afterwards? No.

I was sure I saw a fire. On Friday, I was driving up the Hart Highway and saw what looked like fire and smoke pouring out of a second story window tucked in behind a building in an industrial area.

Shaquille 'Shaq' O'Neal is perhaps best known as one of the most dominant basketball players to ever step onto the court. He was a virtual superhero, able to seemingly slam-dunk with an opponent hanging on each arm and another on his back.

It's The Citizen's 100th birthday. Or we think so, anyway.

One year ago today, Prince George grew up. The city finally shed for good its long held self-image as a rough-and-tumble northern town populated by uneducated hillbillies who neither knew nor cared of the outside world.

I was deeply saddened to hear that the Prince George Citizen will no longer be publishing a Monday paper as of February 15. To be frank, when I first heard mention of the paper on the radio, I feared the worst.

Well, the New Hampshire primary is over and once again we were delivered a couple of West Wing moments that undid the momentum of a nominee.

The provincial capital would never be mistaken for a hotbed of enthusiasm for the B.C. Liberals, the party having lost its only seats in the region in the last election.

We would like to draw attention to a major regulatory requirement for Site C, which was outlined in BC Hydro's Project Definitions Consultation Discussion Guide of Oct/Nov. 2008.