Opinion

UNBC president Daniel Weeks admits he's facing an "almost perfect storm of problems" but he seems to have the captain's optimism in hard work, quick adaptation and smart choices to reach clear skies and calmer waters once more.

I pounced on the woman just as she approached the airport boarding gate. Wasn't hard to pin her. She was already exhausted from dragging a "carry-on" bag the size of a Smart Car. Also, her feet were caught up in her habit.

It is said that a variety of bamboo plant known as the Chinese Bamboo Tree shows little or no growth on the surface for four years or more.

Wilf Howlett was born in November of 1919 in Mossbank, Saskatchewan. He was the eldest child of 12 children. His father came out to Mossbank from Ontario looking for a homestead.

Thunder and lightning in Prince George. Floods destroying Cache Creek. Drought in the State of Washington. An NDP government in Alberta. None of these are harbingers of the end of the world.

VICTORIA -- From the dawn of freedom of information legislation, elected officials, public servants and political staffers alike have developed ever more creative ways to avoid leaving a written record of their actions.

I am happy to report that a giant beetle flew on to my bare ankle the other day and I didn't die.

I am concerned about the City's plan to alter the field facilities of Masich Place Stadium. Some years ago my son and a half dozen other Quesnel athletes, girls and boys, trained with the Prince George Track and Field Club there.

There are more tough days ahead for School District 57, especially in rural areas. While trustees have joined their provincial counterparts in a call for more funding, they will receive less, not more money, in upcoming years.

This song is for Wil Fundal, the local CBC Radio journalist with the beautiful singing voice who handled national anthem chores for the Prince George Cougars this season.