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Letter to the editor: Rent as taxable benefit not a good idea

Letter to the editor: Rent as taxable benefit not a good idea

If I had to declare my rent payments as a taxable benefit, I would be paying double tax on that portion of my income.
Neil Godbout: City of Prince George needs to bear down on spending, infrastructure

Neil Godbout: City of Prince George needs to bear down on spending, infrastructure

Annual operational savings should be the seed money for infrastructure investment.
Letter to the editor: School board story had ‘gaslighting comments’

Letter to the editor: School board story had ‘gaslighting comments’

We would expect much more from the media to keep their opinions out of it and just report facts and two sides of a story.
Letter to the editor: Overharvesting to blame for B.C. forestry problems

Letter to the editor: Overharvesting to blame for B.C. forestry problems

In hindsight, perhaps the cool to vindictive NIMBY reception given to West Coast Olefin’s proposed plant may now appear to have been a tad hasty to several hundred soon to be out of work industrial workers.
Gerry Chidiac: We can’t learn if we can’t admit what we don’t know

Gerry Chidiac: We can’t learn if we can’t admit what we don’t know

We are all students, and despite the failings of our educational systems, our learning is our responsibility.
Letter to the editor: Prince George needs to make sure Official Community Plan is implemented

Letter to the editor: Prince George needs to make sure Official Community Plan is implemented

A failure to monitor and implement the plan results in wasted taxpayer dollars.
Neil Godbout: Teachers’ complaints to Prince George school board out of line

Neil Godbout: Teachers’ complaints to Prince George school board out of line

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.
Rob Shaw: People are dying – when will B.C. fix its broken addictions treatment system?

Rob Shaw: People are dying – when will B.C. fix its broken addictions treatment system?

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.
Nathan Giede: What is wrong with the BC Assessment Authority?

Nathan Giede: What is wrong with the BC Assessment Authority?

Are humans or machines to blame for these assessments?
Letter to the editor. What would it take to clean up Prince George city hall?

Letter to the editor. What would it take to clean up Prince George city hall?

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.
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