Opinion

Your article in Thursday's (July 2) paper refers to two copper wire thieves as "codgers" because they are both in their 60s. There are many of us who are well past that age and your inference is therefore that we are all old codgers.

I watch the Daily Show with Jon Stewart regularly and this past week has seen Jon at his best because of one other person - Donald Trump.

Dominion Day always reminds me of how important Barkerville has been, and continues to be, in the story of my life. Twenty-two year ago - on July 1st, 1993 - I participated in my first Dominion Day celebration in Barkerville as Miss Florence Wilson.

In the last few years Prince George has made some long overdue adjustments to its waste disposal histories. One of them is the current curbside recycling program and fairly efficient household-garbage collection system.

During the upcoming federal election, Stephen Harper, Justin Trudeau and Tom Mulcair will all try to portray themselves as leaders Canadians can count on.

I attended the council meeting to see the debate about changing the name of Fort George Park. I expected it to be controversial, the most significant issue of this decade.

It seems like a lot of trouble to go to, imposing provincewide spending limits on all local elections when only a handful of them spend enough to raise eyebrows even slightly.

Jim Carrey is one of Canada's finest exports to Hollywood, an amazingly talented actor and a truly funny guy. Unfortunately, his views on childhood vaccinations are not funny, they're dangerous.

His parents were actually starting to get worried that he had an anxiety problem. After all, he was only 14 years old but was displaying more nervous engagement with the family farm than even his dawn-to-dusk father had been showing.

Last week, I was talking about the components necessary for life to have evolved on this planet. While we don't know exactly how it started, scientists have come up with plausible theories to explain the origin of life.