Opinion/Letters to the Editor

The pinnacle of smart-meter phobia seems to have been reached last summer. In the universe of known concerns about the units, opposition moved from the understandable worries out to the furthest reaches of the galaxy.

Top 10 reasons Mayor Shari Green wants to go to China 1) She's never been to China. 2) Colin Kinsley went when he was mayor. 3) If she doesn't spend the money someone else will. 4) Because you can't get authentic Chinese food in Prince George.

At the urging of several readers, we brought back the weekly roundup of provincial and national gas prices to The Citizen. It runs every Wednesday on page 2.

Ernest Hemingway called Paris a Moveable Feast. American poet Carl Sandburg called Chicago a City of the Big Shoulders. New York City is all of those while at the same time being wonderfully quirky. It's a city that marches to its own 24-hour beat.

Imagine taking your personal computer with you in your contact lenses, or charging your iPod simply by walking to work.

It can be a lonely business being in business. For home based business owners, loneliness stems from isolation and physical distance from customers if they are being served virtually or remotely.

My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf

The case against Lance Armstrong is a cause for great sadness. Sad that his name has been besmirched, sad that all he has done for cycling culture, all he has done for cancer research -- is all gone.

So, you may be thinking that I'm beating a dead horse here, but we've all heard that the planet is slowly getting hotter. But do we know the cause? Almost any source of climate data will tell you that the earth's surface temperatures are climbing.

Women are from Venus and men are from Mars - still. The differences that divide men and women in many areas of life continue exist to some degree in finances as well.