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Volatility in the food market

Volatility in the food market

Unless you are living in a bunker or under a rock, you have no doubt heard the news of rising food prices across Canada, but are rising food prices really a bad thing? The rise in food prices are due to the volatile market of oil prices, which is tie
Trade deals haven’t benefited Canadians

Trade deals haven’t benefited Canadians

When the Government of John Diefenbaker abandoned the Avro Arrow, which some say would have been the best fighter jet ever built, it signaled that Canada was not going to be a leader in research and development.
Struggling businesses have many pressures

Struggling businesses have many pressures

Everyone thinks that owning a business is the ticket to the easy life, happiness, and fortune. However rarely is it all that easy. Every business has times in its lifecycle where it isn't profitable.
Once the smoke clears

Once the smoke clears

It was a mixed blessing each time my sixth grade teacher called me to the back of the room to run an errand for him - the same errand every time and the same reward.
Many thanks

Many thanks

To the wonderful man whose name is Dan who helped me from a bad fall on snow-covered ice on Rainbow Drive and drove me to my church at St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Sunday service. Many thanks. Kathryn Rohl, Prince George
A huge thank you

A huge thank you

I would like to say a huge thank you to the lady who turned my wallet and papers into Walmart on Sunday morning. It's so satisfying to know that people like you are so honest. Thanks once again. Vi Davidson, Prince George
Please return vet’s jacket, no questions asked

Please return vet’s jacket, no questions asked

There was an incident with a war veteran outside of the hospital on Jan. 30. He was robbed of medication, money and his personal jacket from the war in Afghanistan. He would like his jacket returned.
Setting the record straight

Setting the record straight

Dear Mr. Giede, I am writing in response to your column of Feb. 3, in which you labelled Obama's presidency an abysmal failure.
Everything one is capable of becoming

Everything one is capable of becoming

According to developmental psychologist Abraham Maslow, the highest level that a person can achieve is that of self-actualization - meaning, "the desire for self-fulfillment, namely the tendency for the individual to become actualized in what one is
Justice is just us

Justice is just us

There is no justice. There is only the law, a crude, unreliable instrument in constant flux.