Opinion

Baseball fans and physicists love the knuckleball because it is black magic, a dark art only few ever master. The ball comes out of the pitcher's hand spinning rapidly all the time, except for the knuckleball.

Scramble: To climb or move quickly using one's own hands and feet, up or down a steep incline, generally not on a marked pathway. For some of us, while on vacation the temptation to scramble up a mountain side is irresistible.

Stephen Harper has announced he will ban the niqab from all federal offices. Finally we have a leader who takes seriously the concerns of hard working Canadians.

Mr. Zimmer, like many of the people who attended last Tuesday's debate, I found your comments about the missing and murdered First Nations women along the Highway of Tears offensive and disturbing.

"Got one!" I hollered. "Got me a terrorist!" She sputtered and squirmed, protesting her innocence, but I kept her pinned under the table.

In early August 2002, a 64-year-old prospector from Calgary was reported missing near Sinclair Mills east of Prince George.

Re: Notice of Neighbourhood Meetings (Sept. 25.) There is no mention of the Connaught neighbourhood. When will there be a meeting for us? Too often, the Connaught neighborhood is ignored. Why? Mary Perrault Prince George

The recent revelations about outgoing Prince George-Cariboo MP, Dick Harris came as no surprise to me.

British Columbia stands to gain economically from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but the federal government must ensure the massive trade deal doesn't come with high environmental and social prices.

The B.C. New Democrats waded into controversy a few years back when they required candidates for the provincial leadership to come clean about their postings on social media. Invasion of privacy. Online strip search. And so on.