Opinion

Will substantive issues affecting Canadians be addressed again in this painfully long election campaign? I am a voter and I am tired of promises for specific groups of people, even my people.

George Greenlees was born in 1929 in Thornhill, Alta.

A young man wore the perfect T-shirt to the 2015 federal all-candidates forum Thursday night at UNBC for the Cariboo-Prince George and Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies ridings. "PLAY NICE," it read in capital letters.

I had the pleasure of moderating the all candidates' debate at UNBC. I will take some time to reflect and comment next week but the highlight for me is seeing students attend these events. I am a real proponent of youth voting.

I read with interest about the conference of religious leaders on the question of the existence of God I would like to offer a tangible proof of God's existence, i.e.

I am writing to voice my displeasure at a recent story in the Prince George Citizen about drivers being charged, after motor vehicle accidents involving pedestrians.

I am absolutely amazed by the quality results and tremendous success the City of Prince George has achieved this year cleaning up and remedying derelict properties, all in part by combining due diligence and a dynamic work ethic.

The second attempt at creating a functional auditor general for local government has a novel feature. The government is dropping the requirement that the auditor general for local government be an auditor.

Whether he admits it or not, Prime Minister Stephen Harper clearly believes there are two tiers of Canadians: those who were born here and those who weren't but have acquired Canadian citizenship.

Eight years ago this Christmas we rented a rustic cabin on the Smithers ski hill through a friend of a friend. Although we had very good instructions on how to find the cabin in the dark, we didn't anticipate arriving during a blizzard.