We are into the back half of November, we still haven’t had a stretch of minus-20 weather, and we’re not digging out from five feet […]
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BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP All of us in the Peace Region know what a cold and rainy summer we just had […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning Nov. 9 marked the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. This was most significant global event […]
BY TERRY TEEGEE Regional Chief, BC Assembly of First Nations It’s been 12 years since the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People […]
At 6:30 Monday morning, I decided to go out for a walk. I’d been up for a couple of hours (I’ve always been an early […]
BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP We just want a seat at the table. From the very beginning, that is what many of […]
BY DERMOD TRAVIS Integrity BC One person’s conflict-of-interest – real, potential or apparent – isn’t always a conflict-of-interest for another, but how do they act […]
Welcome to November in Prince George, otherwise known as “All the seasons in three days, Part 2).” Last weekend was incredibly depressing for me every […]
BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP Remembrance Day is a time for all Canadians to come together to honour and pay tribute to […]
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe backed a horse that lost but still want to be in the winner’s circle. Everyone who […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning It’s said that successful people aren’t those without problems, they’re simply those who deal effectively with their problems. […]
It happens every year around this time. People start asking around, saying: “I’m having a few friends over for a Halloween party. What’s a good […]
BY LISA BEARE Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture It’s Women’s History Month – a time to look back and celebrate the struggles and successes […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning It seems that nothing in the world has caused more war and destruction than religion, yet many of the […]
Looks like the federal carbon tax is going to stay around, at least for a little while. It was interesting to watch the carbon tax […]
It now appears to be official. This year, summer was in April in Prince George. I seem to recall we had about a week of […]
Election Day is tomorrow. Do you know who you’re going to vote for? The polls close at 7 p.m. Monday so, no worries, lots of […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning I always get very excited at election time. This is the moment when we can freely choose who will […]
My legs weren’t talking to me for most of Monday. Well, they were talking, but it was more moaning in pain. You see, I found […]
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh unleashed a bit of an election tizzy this week when he said the New Democrats would work with any other party […]
Carl Aastrup, who is 95 years old and retired from his ranch on the Buckhorn, has, with the help of John Harris, translated an old […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning The great German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe said, “By seeking and blundering we learn.” How true this is. […]
BY PETER EWART As is well known, the state of the forest industry and the forests themselves in British Columbia has deteriorated in the last […]
So it now appears to be official. Summer occurred in Prince George for about a week back in April, then we went back to a […]
Editor: My name is Kyle Clarke and last Thursday I had the opportunity to bring the issue of freedom of speech to our candidates in […]
So who won the big federal leaders debate last night? It certainly wasn’t the viewer. What a schmozzle. I thought that appointing a commission to […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning We all face disappointments and challenges. We don’t get picked for a team, we don’t get a promotion, we’re […]
In my career in newspapers, I worked for six different papers. OK, some of my bosses may have problems with me using the word “worked,” […]
George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, has issued the following statement with respect to climate strikes happening around the province and the […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning Justin Trudeau caused a stir when photos and videos were revealed of him darkening his face to pretend to […]
BY DERMOD TRAVIS Integrity BC Last week the B.C. government released its short-list of three proponents each for the new Pattullo bridge and the Broadway […]
The Cariboo-Prince George campaign seems to be all about the local candidates. Or at least that’s what they want you to focus on. I’ve been […]
BY AL BIEKSA USW Local 2009 Every good chess player knows about sacrificing their pawns. A player sacrifices a pawn to get a kingside space […]
Tuesday morning, I decided to head downtown for a cup of tea and a muffin, as I frequently do on Tuesdays. Driving east on Fifth […]
BY MARC LEE Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Among the key findings of the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) inquiry into gas prices is that at […]
BY MITZI DEAN Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity VICTORIA – Tomorrow is the first day of Gender Equality Week in Canada – a week driven […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning A study of history exposes many mistakes mankind has made. But we also see many great successes. What creates […]
I remember the exact moment we knew that the Prince George Free Press was doomed. It was when the decision was made to go from […]
I was witness to something last week which may have never happened before in Major League Baseball. Four of us – Al, Kent, Mike and […]
Todd Doherty wins the award for first out of the gate with his campaign signs. Liberal leader Justin Trudeau was still in the shadow of […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning The Dalai Lama recently tweeted: “I am encouraged to see young people trying to bring about positive change. Confident […]
It was a typically Canadian victory speech. On Saturday afternoon in New York, Bianca Andreescu apologized after winning the biggest tennis match of her life. […]
The award for the most crass political comment of the campaign (so far) goes to People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier who, in true […]
BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP When the federal Court of Appeal recently issued its ruling that six legal challenges to the Trans […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning In 1973, the band Brownsville Station released the song Smokin’ in the Boys Room. At the time, nearly half […]
BY DERMOD TRAVIS Integrity of B.C. From the deaths of 30 horses at California’s Santa Anita Park this racing season to last month’s raid at […]
BY BILL PHILLIPS Writer’s Block Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad has been an outspoken critic of Forests Minister Doug Donaldson … to put it mildly. […]
BY BOB D’EITH Chair of the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services,MLA for Maple Ridge-Mission VICTORIA – This spring, Mike Farnworth, Minister of […]
The bad news was I had to call my boss for help Saturday at one of my remotes. The good news was I didn’t actually […]
BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies At a recent press conference in Surrey, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asked a direct question about what […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning One of the most important tasks I have as a public school educator is empowering my students to take […]
I was in Pine Centre for a while Saturday afternoon, and all I can say is I’m glad most of the people in Prince George […]
BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP I recently had the honour of attending the Mackenzie Matters Rally in support of our local forestry […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learnings American actress Alexandra Paul summarized the sentiment of much of the world when she said, “The cars we drive […]
BY DERMOD TRAVIS Integrity BC “It’s your fault.” “No it’s not, it’s yours.” “Stop bickering, why don’t we all just agree to blame it on […]
It was the 107th edition of the BC Northern Exhibition on the weekend at the Exhibition Grounds. But at the same time, as a former […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons on Learning Though The Walt Disney Co. has been criticized for changing traditional fairy tales to make them palatable for modern […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has his priorities all mixed up. In responding to the ethics commissioner’s report this week, which pretty much confirmed what most […]
BY BEN PARFITT Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives British Columbia’s Oil and Gas Commission bears many of the hallmarks of a captured regulator. Too often, […]
I wasn’t in the city this past weekend, but I had a good excuse. I was in St. Albert, just outside of Edmonton, for my […]