Opinion

Longtime volunteer Denise (Deurbrouck) Chenail was born in 1930 on a farm in Saskatchewan. She graduated in 1951 from St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatchewan as a registered nurse. Denise married George Chenail (deceased) in 1953.

What does LGBTQ mean during Nathan Giede's article? Acronyms are so prolific in society now. I find them very frustrating. I spend too much time trying to figure out what they stand for and am often distracted from the main story.

Re: "You can't legislate against stupidity" Tossing a cigarette butt out a car window is a careless act supported by auto manufacturers who have eliminated lighters and ashtrays as standard equipment to accommodate a continuing evolution of increasin

It's heartening to see the new commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force come out swinging against sexual harassment. Let's hope his words bring concrete results. A change of attitude in Canada's military is long overdue. Lt.-Gen.

A colleague of mine asked why I am so hard on Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservatives. Why don't I say something good about them? The answer isn't that I am a leftist or that I am anti-conservative.

On every road trip, I like to imagine what it would be like if there was a Star Trek teleportation device that would enable us to skip certain sections of the highway.

I can't remember every aspect of every single day I have spent working in Barkerville. After all these years most of it is a pleasant blur of images and sounds. But I do remember July 17th, 2000. I remember it vividly.

This week Canada's provincial and territorial leaders met in Newfoundland at the annual premiers' meeting. The meeting is usually collegial but this week there were obvious tensions.

A beef and a bouquet. The bouquet goes to whomever yarn bombed the giant elm tree in front of city hall. It made me exclaim out loud and laugh with joy as I was going in to pay my property taxes. Thank you. The beef goes to the Citizen.

The slippery rhetoric of bigotry and extreme views often incorporates specious arguments and Nathan Giede's opinion piece (Unable to fully embrace, July 15) is a perfect example of this.