Opinion

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle might have called it the Case of the Galling Peters.

As voters, we mistakenly believe that we pick our candidates after careful analysis of their political platform, their leadership qualities and their communication skills. Sadly, those traits are actually used to justify our decision.

I have a feeling I will be saying this title of my song of the day a lot next week. I have the honour and privilege of going to Paris with my oldest - but not old! - friend Daisy. We've known each other since we were five years old.

For the past several years, my wife and I have been conscientiously recycling our paper, cans and bottles using the services of a locally-owned company that, for a small fee, picked them up in blue bags twice a month.

I'm new to the city and based on my brief experience here I'm sure you are going to toss this letter into the giant heap of complaints on this subject, perhaps you have a room dedicated to letters about how decidedly unfriendly PG is to pedestrians.

Dear teachers, parents, and provincial representatives: I've got some bad news - it turns out you're all to blame for the state of education.

The budget cuts being applied to the B.C. RCMP, including the Highway of Tears investigation, begs the difficult question of to what degree is policing and prevention the force's main duty, as compared to investigating and solving crimes.

The referenced article stated that in a notice of application the City alleges that negligence, assault, nuisance, battery and breach of various statutes made by plaintiff Kevin Millership had no reasonable basis for claim.

The last time "Mare Nostrum"(Latin for "Our Sea") was used as a political slogan in Italy, Mussolini's fascists were claiming dominance over the entire Mediterranean. This time it's different.

A week before school is supposed to start, Prince George public school teachers were back on the job Monday. Unfortunately, their job since the middle of June has been to walk on picket lines, instead of teaching children.