Opinion/Letters to the Editor

Perseverance: the continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition. Steadfastness and the ability to overcome. As I reflect on this past year, I think this could be the word which sums it all up. Perseverance.

Many Citizen readers claim to care about how heavily they are taxed and how effectively their taxes are used, so it mystifies me that there is not more discussion of the Site C dam in these pages.

Let me begin by giving a shout-out to the city’s employees who have been true public servants. In light of recent scandals, it is obvious that there are many great staff, who pull more than their weight, and above their paygrade. Thank you.

As I was working at my dining room table early Monday morning, assembling the stories and photos for this week’s paper, some movement through the window beside me caught my eye.

My earliest memories of baseball revolve around the 1969 Chicago Cubs.

Examining the parkade situation, the cost of construction is $34 million, for 351 stalls, around $100k per stall. Assuming a 50 year life, the parkade needs to make $1,800 a day to break even. Current stall rates are monthly maximums of $120.

This last year has seen a plethora of statements along the lines of “No one could have predicted this” or “Who could have seen this coming?” Such sentiments have been offered by politicians, pundits, health professionals, and even our neighbours.

It was 2006, and I was in Bolivia, on my first adventure into the “developing world.

A 2013 study revealed that 90 per cent of inmates at the Regional Correctional Centre in Prince George identified having a brain injury. These inmates spent many years experiencing problems at home, school and in the community.

I recently showed Steven Spielberg’s classic film about the Holocaust, Schindler’s List , to a group of students.