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Taxpayers on hook

Taxpayers on hook

I know many will criticize this letter but that’s OK.
No reason for city to raise taxes

No reason for city to raise taxes

Next month, city council will meet to start nailing down the budget and decide the property tax rate for 2021.
Gloom and a dash of hope at city hall

Gloom and a dash of hope at city hall

On one of the darkest days of an already bleak year, Prince George city council has a dreary agenda Monday night.
Bond’s moment to shine

Bond’s moment to shine

If there was ever the right person in the right place at the right time to start making the right kind of changes to get the B.C. Liberals back on track, it’s Shirley Bond. But if the B.C.
Strokes are a brain injury

Strokes are a brain injury

Generally speaking, when people think about strokes, they envision a drooping mouth and a speech impediment. Looking normal was one of Michelle Marquette's struggles after she had a major stroke nine years ago.
Year in review (part 1 of 4)

Year in review (part 1 of 4)

Here is a summary of the seniors profiles I did this year: Glen (Moose) and Patricia Scott - Glen was born in Kamloops in 1946, moved to Prince George in 1969 and eventually went to work at radio station CJCI 620 AM reporting on sports events.
Open letter to the B.C. Liberals

Open letter to the B.C. Liberals

You lost this recent election for many reasons. Primarily because you offered no meaningful choice; instead, you just dug through the NDP and Green goodie bag and tossed a few tidbits to the voters. The gambit failed, as it should have.
Brutal bullies

Brutal bullies

People are ready for 2020 to be over as COVID-19 threw the world for a loop and made everyone’s lives that much harder to live.
Chomsky provides spiritual example

Chomsky provides spiritual example

American intellectual and long-time social activist Noam Chomsky has been described by a term that is deeply offensive - a self-hating Jew. There is nothing hateful about Chomsky. He is a sojourner of truth and a voice of reason.
The clever evolution of vaccines

The clever evolution of vaccines

The English physician Edward Jenner is widely regarded as the father of modern vaccination. He inoculated a young man, James Phipps, with cowpox using variolation, in which pus was taken from a blister and introduced into a scratch in the skin.