Opinion

Mary Poppins sang a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Dressed in his governess' best, Stephen Harper is hoping bags of sweetness will help Canadians choke down his buckets of snake oil.

Tonight is the final mayoral forum of the 2014 municipal election campaign.

I often turn to Johnny Reid, one of our great Canadian artists, to sing the sentiments to echo what's in my aching heart, so for now it's got to be 'Till We Meet Again. Today is a sad day.

If you are a faithful reader of this column, you may recall that I have spoken of the need for Canadians to get more involved in nomination races, "the election before the election".

So that the death of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo shall not have been in vain, it is important that we look at the suicide of Michael Zehaf Bibeau. For have no doubt, suicide was his main objective. Consider his actions.

Nobody does tributes as well as politicians, particularly when the tributes not only allow them to be gracious but come with the added bonus of patting themselves on the back.

Remember, remember the fifth of November. Today is Guy Fawkes Day, which is mainly observed in England. On Nov.

One of the last decisions Jim Prentice made as a federal cabinet minister was the first thing Christy Clark tried to overturn when she became premier of B.C. in 2011.

There are few places where the democratic process works as effectively as it does in civic elections in communities like Prince George. The members of our local government walk among us, and they listen when we speak.

Helen (Bourque) Dery was born on a farm in Saint-Front, Saskatchewan in 1929. Helen met her husband Fern Dery in the summer of 1949. Apparently Fern was casually dating Helen's best friend.