Opinion/Letters to the Editor

As the summer comes to a close with the call of September and school and work bearing down on us, the reality that the effects of COVID-19 continue to linger on is indisputable.

Since the kerfuffle of the bus transfer station proposal at Foothills and 18th Avenue, I have lost some respect of the people guiding our city.

Author and motivational speaker Simon Sinek tells us that as individuals, groups or corporations it is essential that we start by understanding our why.

Six years ago, the Imperial Metals Mount Polley mine waste dump failed.

The 2018 Prince George Citizen of the Year, Harold Hartshorne, was born in the historic Resthaven Hospital in Sidney in 1947. One of eight children, he was raised and schooled in North Saanich.

Alexis Maikapar, of Russian descent, was born in Munich, Germany in 1946. Five years after the war his family was told to move to Australia. Before that happened, friends of the family wrote them a letter and sponsored them in a move to Quebec City.

Public and Independent School Back-to-School will look quite different for 2020-2021.

The greatest danger to our way of life is the culture of impunity we have created. It is an assault on truth and on human dignity. This became very clear in a discourse between two members of the American House of Representatives.

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen the virus infect over 17.3 million people worldwide with more than 6.5 million cases still active and 675,000 fatalities.

Like most people at least 62 per cent, according to a 2019 study by Hello Products, I don’t like going to the dentist. However, this was my week for getting a cavity checked out and I headed down to the dentist’s office.