Opinion

I have a friend who is a senior (71). Most of her family lives here and a lot of her friends.

I heard a huge silent sigh of disbelief from a large segment of the readership of The Citizen, several of whom I have spoken to, when they read Mr. Schwab's letter of Dec.

Beware ICBC! I read with interest the letter from Stan New regarding the "sand" being used on the highway. As Paul Harvey would have said, "Now here's the rest of the story.

Throughout each season, there are ample gifts from nature in British Columbia awaiting those who seek them.

The stereotypes live on, impervious to change. In its 2016 rankings of the best cities to work in B.C. for 2016, B.C. Business magazine ranks Prince George 19th out of 36.

For much of human existence, we have looked into the night sky with wonder at thousands of points of light that seem to form endless patterns. But last weekend, the sky had colour.

The column Right of Centre by Nathan Giede is usually offensive but never worse than on Dec. 9, when he advocated for a wild-west style Canadian society where many carry guns so as to protect us all from crime.

I'm a senior citizen and I'm angry. Once again my health premiums have gone up.

I have been asked again for book recommendations, with the additional request being I point out some of my favorite fiction as well. Here then are some of favorite works from my reading over last year.

In the spirit of Nathan Giede's column elsewhere on this page, here are my favourite reads of 2015, for what they're worth: - What If? Serious Scientific Answers To Stupid Hypothetical Questions: Funny and strangely insightful.