Opinion/Letters to the Editor

Iran's recent threats to close the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf may only be hollow threats, but they must be taken seriously.

B.C.'s Finance Minister Kevin Falcon is quoted as saying, "I think we have to be very worried about the fact that foreign money is going into lobbying efforts against British Columbia and Canada's economic interests." Foreign money.

No one considers the municipal layoffs at the City of Prince George a feel-good decision - after all, during election campaigns, most candidates made a point of reminding the public that real people are supporting real families thanks to those wages.

Bad risk: Due to the mild weather on the coast, the sort of outdoor hockey weather we've come to expect in Prince George was a rare thing for us growing up in North Vancouver.

My 23 year-old daughter has recently been receiving some attention from a young man who is trying to win her over with his charm.

Right Side Up

There was a euphoric feeling in the air at the Civic Centre last week during the B.C. Natural Resources Forum as everyone from the province's premier to local MLAs to industry leaders carried on and on about what a bright future the region has.

For a country that lived without a written constitution for many centuries, one would have thought that Hungary's new, 51-page constitution, The Fundamental Law of Hungary, adopted on April 25, 2011 and put into force on January 1st, 2012 would have

Last week, Joe and Sam found out a railway worker was about to be hung. "There will be no hanging here today," shouted Bigumpound. He shook his finger at the crowd.

Disintegrate By Neil Godbout Disintegrate, by local author Neil Godbout, is a teen fiction novel set regionally in Kelowna. The main character is a high school student named Sam Gardner.