Opinion

We are all students, and despite the failings of our educational systems, our learning is our responsibility.

A failure to monitor and implement the plan results in wasted taxpayer dollars.

There is a big difference between the school board chair thanking a presenter for sharing his views with the board and agreeing with what he said.

B.C.’s addictions treatment system is an infuriating mess that’s not working. Let's start there, and say it out loud, because it’s true. The politicians know it. Two successive governments have failed to fix it.

Are humans or machines to blame for these assessments?

Promotions, demotions and just walking away seems to be the rational with those who are “in the know” in the inner workings of city hall.

Prince George has the second highest tax rate for northern communities with a population greater than 10,000. It is not the snow or the north.

B.C.’s industry as presently constituted needs to fail completely, as must the weak legislative framework that allows it to clear-cut most of the province’s primary and old-growth forests to the detriment of biodiversity, soil, air and water.

The Police Services Review disclosed that 20 per cent of our officers are on leave, many due to stress.  It’s a shocking number and shows that our officers need more support from our city council than they are getting.

For the past three years, I have been in touch with city hall regarding the loud noise coming from Masich Place and Cariboo Rocks The North.