Opinion

That Prince George's citizens would sign a petition against some Syrian refugees coming to the north is a deeply troubling and sad indictment of our city. In the wake of the Paris attacks, there are rumours linking the Islamic State to the refugees.

Over the weekend, my parish prayed a litany of saints for the people of Paris. A litany is simply a series of petitions read by clergy with a congregational response.

On Sept. 17, 2001, just six days after 9/11, President George W. Bush made a gracious and generous gesture.

By now, there's a pretty good chance you've seen Jody Paterson's Facebook post. Which speaks to a lot of pent-up emotion over the Orwellian approach to the flow of scientific information under Stephen Harper's Conservatives.

I recently watched a very inspirational Ted Talk by a Vancouver doctor named Gabor Mat. He has been working for a number of years with people who struggle with addictions and are thus marginalized.

John Reimer was born on the prairies in 1931; at the age of four his family moved to a small farm in the Fraser Valley where his father worked in the construction industry.

I have seen quite a few people in my career as a tax lawyer come to me wanting to challenge an income tax assessment or reassessment from the Canada Revenue Agency.

Thank you for the Nov. 13 article by Charelle Evelyn regarding former Cariboo-Prince George MP Dick Harris. I sincerely wish Mr. Harris a pleasant retirement and would like to answer his comment about the outcome of the recent general election.

Vanderhoof may not be in School District 57 but it's problems are likely common provincially. After a very successful first season, my 11-year-old grandson learned his band teacher had moved out of town, after her part-time contract expired.

Environmentalists were giving high-fives last week over the potential demise of the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline. Not so fast, folks. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hasn't nixed the pipeline per se.