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Paying the Kings ransom

Paying the Kings ransom

For as long as there have been professional sports teams and leagues, there have been teams and leagues that have threatened to leave cities that don't give them the business deal they want. Sometimes those threats are hollow, sometimes not.
Dance led to 60 years for Hornings

Dance led to 60 years for Hornings

Long time Prince George residents Bob (Gordon) and Patty Horning will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary in December. Here is their story in a nutshell. Bob Horning, one of four children, was born on a small mixed farm in Turtleford, Sask.
Be your own news champion

Be your own news champion

Know any Latin? Probably not – it is a dead language, after all. But there’s one phrase you may have at least heard of: caveat em ptor. It means, literally, “let the buyer beware.
Insurance companies prey on vulnerable

Insurance companies prey on vulnerable

Living with a brain injury is an ongoing struggle every moment of every day. Coping with insurance companies can take this struggle over the edge. When I was mugged in October of 2018, I was assaulted and thrown down on the sidewalk.
NDP equity mandate a joke

NDP equity mandate a joke

If it’s too good to be true, it usually is. Click-bait. Or bait and switch. Advertise one thing; but provide something different. The NDP’s equity mandate is an example.
U.S. election violence fear is real

U.S. election violence fear is real

There was an apocryphal story circulating in the Philippines in the early 1980s of a dinner party conversation between President Ferdinand Marcos and Catholic Bishop Jaime Sin. Marcos said, “I really admire those Americans.
How to properly start new employees

How to properly start new employees

Last week I called my local credit union about my bank account. The phone was answered by Phil, whom I had known as a long-term employee of the credit union.
Step up, Mr. Wilkinson

Step up, Mr. Wilkinson

An open letter to Andrew Wilkinson: Greetings. What follows are a series of admonitions and exhortations.
Endless problem

Endless problem

I’ve lived in "the hood "and above it for 24 years and in that time nothing has really changed here other than a heavier police presence.
Farewell to rock’s mischievous genius

Farewell to rock’s mischievous genius

I was late to the Van Halen party. Not gonna lie – I initially thought the shredding, the fret tapping, the whammy bar and other insane effects of Eddie Van Halen, who died this week of cancer at just 65, was more sizzle than steak.