Opinion

Yesterday was World Pot Hole Day and I thought it might be worthwhile discussing a bit of the underlying science behind potholes by re-visiting an old column. HHH It would appear Prince George this year is the world's capital for the road hazards.

This past week the air in P.G. has been putrid to put it mildly. A number of years ago Canfor decided to be a 'Good Neighbour' and installed systems that removed a large percentage of their pollutants from the air shed.

On February 28, 1933, the German National Socialists under Adolph Hitler promulgated the "Reichstag Fire Decree" in response to the burning of the Reichstag, which effectively ended civil liberty in Germany.

I am writing to strongly request that no cuts be made to CNC's counselling department. If anything, the department should be expanded, not cut to 1.5 positions possibly staffed by unlicensed personnel.

I am writing in response to the pending program cuts, which means the loss of a community resource that the dental department provides, and the loss of the oldest running program at CNC.

Great move by Mayor Lyn Hall and city council to appoint Kathleen Soltis as the new city manager.

I've got a friend whose world was turned upside down by a lung cancer diagnosis. He's rather a nice guy. Sweet, kind and really lovely. You might know him. His name is David Mah. He is a popular photographer for the Prince George Citizen.

To the people saying there were empty restaurants, no parking and ticket prices were high during the Canada Winter Games, I thought the hockey tickets were kinda low although the games were aired on TV.

I just saw that the CRTC, an arm of the federal government, is advocating that cable service providers offer a low cost cable package to consumers.

After reading the Citizen article on the closing of daycares in P.G., I became angry. Angry with the executive director of the CDC for throwing the hard working staff at the CDC under the bus.