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The decline of moral authority

The decline of moral authority

I think you are about to hear a lot about "moral authority" over the next few weeks....even months.
Behind prying eyes

Behind prying eyes

Turns out the United States really is the land of the free, at least when it comes to cellphones and whether police officers should be allowed to search them without a warrant. Earlier this year, the U.S.
Special thanks for benefit event

Special thanks for benefit event

On behalf of Brenda Hartford and Richard Turner, we, the families, would like to give the biggest thank you possible for the "Boogie Jam and Benefit" held in their honour.
Community steps up for Highglen library

Community steps up for Highglen library

Since the fire that Highglen Montessori suffered in April 2013, the support from the community to help us rebuild has been phenomenal.
A safe place to live

A safe place to live

The story of the 11-year-old profoundly disabled boy who was Tasered by police in Prince George after he stabbed a caregiver three years ago continues to echo through the child-welfare system.
Parking tips for the holidays

Parking tips for the holidays

This is an edited version of a column in the Nov. 28, 2008 edition of The Citizen: The Christmas shopping season is well underway so it's time to obsess even more than usual about a topic we fret about almost as much as the weather.
The light of day

The light of day

When somebody says it is time to move on, it means there is something deeply embarrassing that they don't want to discuss in public.
Song of the Day

Song of the Day

In this time of excess where it might be all about the biggest and brightest, latest, most cutting edge do-hickey, it's kind of nice to be at the stage in my life where I don't want a thing.
Teaching your children about money

Teaching your children about money

As a young teenage hockey player from a working class neighbourhood in Burnaby, I always looked forward to playing against the private Winter Club team whose arena was nestled in West Vancouver, amongst some of the most expensive residential real est
Torture's darker purpose

Torture's darker purpose

Perhaps the saddest part of the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on torture committed by Americans against potential terror suspects in the months and years after 9/11 is the inevitability of it, that it happened and that it will happen again.