Opinion

New Year’s 2015 marks my 25th year on Earth. And to thank all of you, particularly my opponents, for celebrating my life and accomplishments with such fanfare this evening, I have written a short resolution you may adopt as your own.

Congratulations, Citizen readers. You made the right call this week in naming RCMP. Cst Aaron Kehler as the 2014 Prince George newsmaker of the year.

The main purpose of year-end reviews, of course, is to hold the ads apart.

Recently the Government of B.C. decided to reduce the allocation of hunting opportunities of resident hunters and transfer them to the hunting guides of B.C.

Canfor's latest labour recruitment campaign is all about lumber sexuality. That's right - lumber sexuality.

Earl Nightingale tells us that “success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal.” This means that we are successful when we are working toward a goal, not only when the goal is achieved.

I want to mention some of the people that I wrote about in this Seniors’ Scene column that passed away in 2014; all of whom are dear friends of mine and loved by many others in one way or another.

Saint Nicholas (also known as Santa Claus, Kris Kringle or Father Christmas) has had to put up with a lot over the years.

I would like to thank the three boys from Duchess Park Secondary who stopped to help when my husband had a heart attack on our driveway at the beginning of December. A big heartfelt thank you goes to Tim Merchant, Trent Varley and Tristan Marvici.

A week ago Monday I was in an accident where I was hit in the face with a spring loaded iron bar that smashed into my face. The result was lots of blood, the loss of all my front teeth, some stitches and multiple facial fractures.