Opinion

Approximately six months ago the federal government voted to send troops to train Iranian fighters in Iran. The instructions for these troops were that they were to be out of harm's way behind friendly lines.

There has been a letter to the editor forming in my mind ever since I read an article in the Vancouver Sun last weekend. It was entitled "Upending public education's pillars.

Part two of a two-part series The federal special adviser's report on the abysmal rate of progress in negotiating First Nations treaties considered the idea of matching the B.C. Treaty Commission with a national one as a way to spur some action.

Thanks to all of the residents and readers for the emails, calls and visits regarding the Mystery of the Missing First Edition, the Citizen's efforts to locate a copy of its missing first edition from 1916.

Because we're only a mere 30 days away from a first in Prince George, I thought I would dedicate my Song of the Day to William Shatner's upcoming local appearance.

California's deepening water crisis offers a gloomy omen for parts of British Columbia as climate change begins to bite. Things look even gloomier for our Prairie neighbours.

What is Africa? Or, perhaps more appropriately, who is Africa? Unlike Europe, Africa's story does not fit nicely into a single volume of history, even if it were to start with Cleopatra and end with Mandela.

Editor's Note: Gremlins kept us from running Tracy Summerville's column in Saturday's Citizen and we were so flustered, we ended up running Todd Whitcombe's column twice! Our apologies and here's Tracy's column: I was so sad to see the news that Ben

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has shown himself to be well-versed in Canadian hockey history.

Part one of two-part series Premier Christy Clark made a remarkably clumsy move in rescinding former cabinet minister George Abbott's appointment to the B.C. Treaty Commission at the last minute.