Opinion

Lino and I recently got back from a trip to China. It was never our intention to go to China, until we saw an ad in the Prince George Citizen.

This week and next, we're conducting two polls on our website regarding your picks for the Prince George newsmaker of the year and news story of the year. The first poll is already up and running at pgcitizen.

Here we are a little bit better than a year since our last municipal election and city hall reminds me of an episode right out of Star Trek. Especially since mayor and council, in my opinion, have adopted the role of the almighty Federation.

Part of the report by the chief inspector of mines on the Mount Polley tailings-dam failure was devoted to "root cause analysis," an investigative process developed to look at all the factors that go into engineering failures.

Memo to: Donald Trump, Presidential aspirant, United States of America From: Miss Liberty, New York Harbour, United States of America "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming sh

I am blessed by so many ways. I know this because last year around this time, I wrote in a column about my need for someone to bring me Christmas baking.

It's Christmas time. A time of joy and happiness. A time for family and friends. A time for eggnog and leftover turkey. And a time for presents. When I was a child, images of war and famine were prevalent on the television screen.

The following is an updated version of a column that first appeared in the May 12, 2005 edition of the Citizen, shortly before the last Star Wars movie debuted in theatres: The Star Wars watch hasn't had a battery in it for more than 30 years.

Childhood memories differ from person to person - not the individual content mind you - but the way in which we hearken back to a time forgotten, best forgotten or sorely missed.

I went to buy my lotto at our local Save On. I met a lady with a baby on her back and a little girl not older than five or six. She looked up at me and I just melted (I have three rug rats of my own grandchildren). They were with the Sally Ann.