Opinion/Letters to the Editor

Over the past few years I've had opportunity to be admitted to the hospital on a few occasions. Before Christmas, I was admitted to UHNBC for surgery, with an overnight stay for recovery.

A am the manager of Nechako Outdoors a local sporting goods store in Prince George. On Dec 20, an item was stolen from our store worth over $1000.

I just want to let you know that I think your idea of changing the name of the city from Prince George to Lheidli T'enneh (editorial, Dec. 20) is very exciting. I expect my fingers will learn to pick it out on the keyboard with practice.

Dyer Straits

My young daughter's new car was hit in the parking lot, where she is employed, and then the couple proceeded to drive away.

I attended the Annual Family Christmas concert at the Elder Citizens Recreation Centre Dec. 15 performed jointly by the Forever Young Chorus and The Gospel Singers.

If anybody thinks they will get the $2,500 death benefit if a spouse passes away, think twice. The only way they are entitled to it if they have contributed to it for 10 years since the Canada pension plan went into affect in 1966.

As 2013 draws to a close, 2014 is just around the corner. New Year is a time when people feel optimistic. Surely 2014 is going to be better than 2013, isn't it? Who knows? But I do feel some predictions about 2014 are warranted.

We teach our kids to use safety when walking.

It would be a mistake to dismiss the aboriginal hunger strikes and demonstrations occurring now across Canada as merely the latest in a series of angry outbursts that will disappear as suddenly as they appeared, only to surface again in the future fo