Opinion

It's the new year, and time to shake off the holiday lethargy and make at least a halfhearted attempt to stick to that weight-loss-and-exercise New Year's resolution.

Part one of a six-part series The 2015 Canada Winter Games are coming to Prince George on Feb. 13 and run until March 1.

Whew, survived another New Year's. Started off great with Dralion at CN Centre and then a night on the road with Operation Red Nose. After staying late to cleanup at ICBC and then hitting Denny's for breakfast, it was after 7 a.m.

Reflecting back on the 2014 gardening season, has its highs and lows. The season got off to a late start as we had a late spring.

This morning, December 26th, our day was made because of the thoughtfulness of Constable E. Karl of our local RCMP detachment.

I wish to dispute a couple of Christmas origin claims in Gerry Chidiac’s Dec. 16 column, “A Season of Hope” While trees have been symbols for various peoples, the Christmas tree was, at most, only loosely adopted from them.

Every year I look forward to the Kennedy Center Honors the way that most people anticipate the last game of the Stanley Cup finals. The KCHs celebrate the very best of the arts in the world (but mostly American achievements).

Looking back at 2014, this has been a year of revitalizing partnerships between First Nations and the Province of British Columbia and focusing on reconciliation to improve the quality of life for Aboriginal people.

"When somebody loses weight, where does the fat go?" This is the title of a short article in the British Medical Journal that I came across on a listing service. I couldn’t help myself. I had to read the article.

Welfare would be a wonderful program if it actually did what it was initially for: The basic purpose of Canada’s social welfare system is straightforward: to help people through difficult times until they can rebuild their lives.