Opinion

I am tracing the history of a great uncle of mine, Arthur Walter Nicholson, who emigrated to Canada in 1903. In 1913/14 he was running a tailoring business with a friend Grant Lawson in Fort George.

Recycling in P.G.: I thought I was the only one who has had a bad experience.

When you live in Prince George and in the frozen north, you become obsessed with the weather. Conversations about the weather bring us closer together as a community.

Russian politician Andrei Zhirinovsky is all mouth, so it would not normally have caused a stir when he suggested earlier this year that Russia should simply annex the parts of neighbouring Kazakhstan that have a large Russian population.

British heavy metal band Def Leppard has been putting out albums since 1980. While several of their recent albums are nothing but rerecordings and live versions of their older songs, they are still making new music.

I was pleased to see BIV columnist Peter Ladner write about his recent "whirlwind" trip to northeast B.C. to see the province's burgeoning energy sector.

I recently worked as a registration clerk at the civic election poll on Nov. 15. I, like the rest of those who worked there, put in a long day: 7 a.m. until after the polls closed at 8 p.m.

I take exception to the musings expressed in Megan Kuklis' column "Home Again" published in The Citizen on Monday, Nov. 17. Yes, Miss Kuklis, the B.C.

Well the municipal election in Prince George is over and there are many positives to celebrate: the civil campaigns of two strong, engaged mayoral candidates; new council members who worked hard to get the requisite name recognition needed to win a s