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Song of the Day

Song of the Day

When I first started to write for PG This Week in 2000, a local weekly paper, I was writing sports as Jason Peters, their fantastic full time sports reporter, needed to cover the Scotties curling tournament.
Power Play a positive experience

Power Play a positive experience

I saw a write up mentioning Power Play this week and in turn just wanted to mention how I find it extremely sad when programs who do wonderful jobs are never mentioned except negatively.
Parking problem persists

Parking problem persists

I am writing to address a parking issue downtown that affects a significant portion of the Prince George population.
Giving a man his due

Giving a man his due

What is justice? While I attended Trinity Western University, this was the question every political science class was asked at the very beginning.
P. G. not a young town

P. G. not a young town

This is an edited version of a column that first appeared in the Dec. 9, 2005 edition of The Citizen. A decade later, another B.C. Stats population estimate shows Prince George has 637 fewer residents.
City seeking centenarians

City seeking centenarians

Seeking Centenarians: The City of Prince George has asked for help in identifying Prince George residents who are already one hundred years of age or older, or who will be turning one hundred sometime during 2015.
Positive thoughts, positive lives

Positive thoughts, positive lives

Gandhi said, "Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become your actions, your actions become your habits, your habits become your values, your values become your destiny.
Chronic mismanagement caused tailings spill

Chronic mismanagement caused tailings spill

VICTORIA -- The ill-fated tailings dam at Imperial Metals' Mount Polley mine was an improvised work in progress, built higher every year to hold back the growing volumes of water behind it.
Pets creating housing conundrum

Pets creating housing conundrum

I find it very hard to find affordable rentals here in P.G. I'm a single mom on limited income. BC Housing, E. Fry, Metis housing, Mennonite Society etc. won't help me because I have pets - three very small Chihuahuas (one is blind) and two cats.
Peak of the problem

Peak of the problem

Peak oil is so last year. Now we can worry about peak everything: peak food, peak soil, peak fertilizer, even peak bees. Let's start small.