Opinion

The title says it all: help wanted. The report released this week by CFIB (Canadian Federation of Independent Business) with first quarter results on job vacancy in Canada should have us worried here in Prince George.

During a council meeting last January city operations superintendent Bill Gaal promised to make no excuses and lay no blame in explaining why a December snow storm had turned Prince George into a scene from Doctor Zhivago.

I grew up in Ontario, just north of Toronto, and I always felt I had the best of both worlds. I lived on a 10-acre farm where we grew vegetables and raised a variety of fowl like chickens, geese, pheasants and a duck - yup, just one.

You can see why Hamas doesn't want a cease-fire in Gaza yet.

I'm writing you this letter with the hope that you will publish it in your wonderful paper for it deals with a very important topic.

Re: Carbon tax all smoke and mirrors In his article (July 28) Todd Whitcombe questions some facts in a recent article by me, Ross Beaty, and Richard Lipsey on the success of B.C.'s carbon tax shift. Let's get those facts straight. Mr.

Dear President Barack Obama, I hope this letter finds you, Michelle, and the girls all in good health.

'DOCTORS MISSING THE POINT' Janet Holder (Enbridge). Ms. Holder, I was perturbed at your letter regarding Prince George's Doctors. No, it's YOU that seems to be missing the point. Here is part of your track-record.

Think of a time when someone thanked you for what you did for them. How did it feel? Did you feel happy, energized, validated, ready to give more? Think of a time when you thanked someone for what they did for you.

Two high-profile incidents last week, at opposite ends of the Arab world.