BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP There’s no doubt that the pandemic has upended many important things in our lives, including many of […]
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BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning It’s not news to say that our consumption of media has changed dramatically in the 21st Century. Perhaps it’s […]
BY TERESA MALLAM Mallam Unmuzzled Last week my column was, in hindsight, kind of dark and dismal. A real emotional downer, as I went from […]
I had an experience at Pine Centre Mall on Saturday that had me going: “Hmmm.” Actually, it was outside the mall. I was heading into […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning American educator and philosopher Cornel West said, “If you are always trying to do something for a cause bigger […]
BY TERESA MALLAM Mallam Unmuzzled I have just thrown out my wall calendar for 2020. I replaced it with a 9X10 photo of my cat, […]
I don’t know about anyone else, but I don’t think I’ve been as happy to see a Monday morning as I was two days ago. […]
BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP At the beginning of December I had the opportunity to take part in the virtual two-day fourth […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning The year 2020 has been like none other. Not only has the world been impacted by a devastating global […]
BY TERESA MALLAM Mallam UnMuzzled Hands up … how many who applied for the B.C. recovery benefit days before Christmas got the money in their […]
Re: Gerry Chidiac column, What happens when capitalism lacks a soul, (PG Daily News, December 27, 2020) Editor:I appreciated this very good column. Powerful corporate […]
In previous years, when I was working for the Free Press and papers in other communities, the issues at the end of the year usually […]
It’s the Christmas season and churches are in the news this week … not for uplifting messages of hope and good cheer, but for flaunting […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning In recent decades across the globe, the super rich have been getting richer while the middle class shrinks. This […]
BY TERESA MALLAM Mallam Unmuzzled We walk on eggshells and hope we won’t crack under the strain of trying to keep safe. We wear our […]
BY HARRY BAINS Minister of Labour VICTORIA – As we come to the end of this difficult year, I am reflecting on how the pandemic […]
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Not. Leaving aside the distinct lack of snow we’re used to seeing in Prince George at this […]
We won’t know until next summer how much extra it cost to clean house at City Hall. From former city manager Kathleen Soltis down to […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning The primary goal of teaching Social Studies in British Columbia is “to give students the knowledge, skills and competencies […]
Just some random observations, many of them dealing with COVID and masks. I am used to seeing people in Prince George who have to light […]
BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP Christmas has always been a special time for my family and I hope that you will have […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning The world is going through difficult times. COVID-19 is not only testing us physically, it has created an economic […]
BY GRACE LORE Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity VICTORIA – Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, marked the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against […]
I spent a fair bit of time in my apartment this weekend. My shifts at CFIS changed up a bit, so I don’t have much […]
BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP The House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources is currently studying economic recovery in the forestry […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning American intellectual and longtime social activist Noam Chomsky has been described by a term that’s deeply offensive: a self-hating […]
As we head (we hope) toward the end of the latest provincial health order regarding what is allowable under COVID-19 restrictions, I thought I would […]
BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP On November 23, the National Police Federation (NPF) released a position statement in which they recommend a […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning When studying historical documents, it’s fascinating to observe that regardless of how a statement was received at the time […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning Psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl made many trips to the United States. He appreciated the sense of freedom […]
I’m glad to see some of the drivers and pedestrians in Prince George are in mid-winter form already. It didn’t take long for one of […]
BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis recently released a report showing the positive impact the outdoor recreation […]
BY DR. BONNIE HENRY Provincial Health Officer VICTORIA – British Columbians have been nimble in adapting their individual actions to slow the spread of COVID-19 […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning Amer Zahr, a teacher of Islamic law, points out that while eating pork is forbidden, it’s allowed out of […]
The trouble with a kitten is that Eventually it becomes a cat. I am not going to say whether I agree with Ogden Nash on […]
BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP As the days start getting colder and we start seeing the first signs of winter, it’s hard […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning When teaching history, it’s rare that an issue more than 100 years old becomes a current events lesson, but […]
There has been a lot of talk recently about getting more minorities into leading roles in Hollywood movies, and yes, there is still a ways […]
Editor: I object strenuously to the column titled ‘Shedding the destructive legacy of the boomers,” (PG Daily News Oct. 23, 2020). It wrongly tars all […]
BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP Remembrance Day is a time to honour those who have fought to protect our freedoms and way […]
BY PETER EWART Special to the News Canfor Corporation is applying to extend its spraying of glyphosate-based herbicide in the Central Interior forests of British […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning It’s disturbing to learn that someone in the same profession was murdered while walking home from work. Samuel Paty, […]
How can you tell the seasons are changing in Prince George? For one thing, last week I wore four different coats as well as some […]
BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP Canada, and especially northeastern B.C., has been blessed with an abundant supply of clean and affordable natural […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning I have to apologize to the youth of the world for the state we find ourselves in. Yes, great […]
It was my fault. Anyone who was unpleasantly surprised Friday morning to see a bunch of wet snow blanketing the city can blame me. On […]
BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP It is always an honour for me to travel throughout the riding, to meet with community leaders […]
Did Wexit win and we’ve seceded? Apparently British Columbia is in the midst of an election campaign but judging by the numbers of appearances by […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning Holocaust survivor Eva Kor died in the summer of 2019 while in Poland doing one of the things she […]
Forgive me if I don’t join the Lower Mainland media in fawning over Green leader Sonia Furstenau’s performance in Tuesday’s leaders’ debate. She did OK, […]
I was thinking about writing this column last week, but it didn’t seem right a few days before Thanksgiving to talk about things that frustrate […]
BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP I hope you had the opportunity to safely enjoy the company of your loved ones this Thanksgiving. […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning An apocryphal story circulated in the Philippines in the early 1980s of a dinner party conversation between President Ferdinand […]
Don’t know whether you had heard about this, but there’s an election coming up. No, not the one south of the border that the major […]
BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP As we navigate our way through the pandemic, I believe Canada’s economic recovery should be about strengthening […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning It’s very rare to hear Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson and scholar Noam Chomsky agree on anything but a […]
I’m pretty sure I’ve said this before, but how can it be the end of another month already? The funny thing is that early on […]
BY DONNA FLOOD Executive Director of the Prince George Hospice Society Thank you Prince George for helping the Prince George hospice sell out our Dream […]