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Statistics, damned statistics

Statistics, damned statistics

The Prince George Cougars hope to turn things around tonight in their first-round playoff series against the Victoria Royals. The problem is we already know who the best team is and it's not the Cougars. The numbers don't lie.
Play to your strengths

Play to your strengths

We recently watched the greatest Canadian basketball player of all time announce his retirement. Steve Nash embodies many qualities of greatness, including the ability to play to his strengths.
Dutch immigrant found love, new life in P.G.

Dutch immigrant found love, new life in P.G.

Dutch immigrant Teddy (Tettje Buisman) Van Stolk arrived in Canada in 1953. She was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands in 1920. Teddy was an enlisted officer in the Royal Netherlands Navy.
UNBC history lesson

UNBC history lesson

On Mar. 28 UNBC prof Kenneth Prkachin wrote to say among other things that Neil Godbout's "Misplaced invective should be directed to a provincial government that never really wanted a university in the North.
The pleasure of P.G. hospitality

The pleasure of P.G. hospitality

Last November, as winter was descending on my home city of three plus decades, Fort McMurray Alberta, I was getting restless.
Businesses need to build a web presence

Businesses need to build a web presence

Say you are looking for a specific type of business. What do you do next? According to the 2014 Factbook by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, three-quarters of Canadians will browse online before buying a good or service.
Murder in the streets

Murder in the streets

There have been three murders so far in the first three months of 2015 in Prince George. Before panicking and thinking we're out to reclaim our undeserved title as the Crime Capital of Canada, let's all take a deep breath.
All the help they can get

All the help they can get

After reading the information published in the Prince George Citizen over the past week I feel compelled to write in response to the proposed cuts to programs at the College of New Caledonia.
Don't think bigger is better

Don't think bigger is better

Re: Todd Whitcombe's March 23 column "...we need more people to pay taxes for the services we want." I have sufficient thank you.
The case of P.G. talent

The case of P.G. talent

I was pleasantly surprised on Wednesday last week that Kathleen Soltis was named the new city manager of Prince George.