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Votes matter

Votes matter

It's almost over. The 2015 federal election campaign was more than twice as long as the usual five-week sprint to the ballot box. So much has changed since it started during the August long weekend.
'Pioneer' Rustads not afraid of hard work

'Pioneer' Rustads not afraid of hard work

Jim and Noreen (Dezell) Rustad are long time community minded residents of the City of Prince George; they both came from local well known and what I call "pioneer families".
Thefts bring Thanksgiving blues

Thefts bring Thanksgiving blues

My car has been broken into three times this month. On Friday, Oct. 9, someone stole my mountain bike off my SUV at 10th Avenue and Carney Street.
Liberals are the strategic vote in Cariboo-Prince George

Liberals are the strategic vote in Cariboo-Prince George

The local NDP have been trying to convince Liberal voters that the only way to "defeat Harper" is to vote for Mr.
Lumber deal end opens uncertain future

Lumber deal end opens uncertain future

British Columbia lumber companies woke up Tuesday morning with Martin Luther King Jr.'s words echoing in their ears: "Let freedom ring." As in free trade with the U.S.
Author of Highway of Tears report 'disturbed' by Zimmer's comments

Author of Highway of Tears report 'disturbed' by Zimmer's comments

First it was John Cummins, a former Conservative MP, saying missing and murdered women who disappeared along British Columbia's notorious Highway 16 were "putting themselves at risk", now we have Conservative MP Bob Zimmer blaming "a lack of jobs" as
Reader begs others to strategically vote Conservatives out

Reader begs others to strategically vote Conservatives out

Five years ago, Harper's Conservatives were elected with 40 per cent of the vote, meaning 60 per cent of Canadians did not support them.
In defence of Dick Harris

In defence of Dick Harris

Bill Russell's letter to the editor on Oct. 13 discusses MP Dick Harris's attendance in the House of Commons at sometime in the distant past. The reason it is the distant past is because electors in the Cariboo riding have been electing Mr.
Party politics a problem

Party politics a problem

Well here we go again. We vote for someone not really knowing if it will do any good. The trouble with our system is that it's based on party (call that ol' boy politics). There should not be a divided house in our government.
Vote NDP to get Conservatives out of Cariboo-Prince George, reader says

Vote NDP to get Conservatives out of Cariboo-Prince George, reader says

If you are among the millions of Canadian who are sick of repressive laws, racist tactics, anti-evidence policies, fake surpluses, disgraceful environmental inaction, secretive politics, job-killing trade deals and corporate-profits-first economics,