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BY TERESA MALLAM She is not homeless anymore. Today is the last time I will see my beautiful daughter Leah living out her life on […]
Lots of news this week, so it’s time to share some major news you won’t read anywhere else (for reasons that will soon become apparent). […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning On Dec. 4, United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was murdered in New York City. What has happened since is […]
Who says daytime TV sucks? Let me tell, you I was glued to the television Monday morning watching drama that even Taylor Sheridan couldn’t write, […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning Conservative leaders in Canada have a long history of improving the lives of Canadians and building our international reputation. […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning In a recent speech, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani expressed a belief that some people seem to hold. […]
BY PETER EWART AND DAWN HEMINGWAY Special to the News In these challenging times, it is important that we, as Canadians, can speak out about […]
By TRACE ACRES Special to the News National Safe Driving Week December 1 to 7 reminds us that driving safety is everyone’s responsibility. It doesn’t […]
The first real snow came to Prince George last week, and it wasn’t hard to tell. The drivers who had forgotten since last winter how […]
BY DANIEL SIMS Special to the News On 5 November 2024 Donald John Trump was declared president elect, making him the second person to win […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning The recent U.S. presidential election offers valuable lessons for Canadian politicians. Donald Trump’s victory was less about a surge […]
I don’t want to jinx us or anything, but this doesn’t feel like mid-November in Prince George to me. For some of my younger readers, […]
Sauron has snatched the ring. That’s pretty much how I’ve felt since last Wednesday morning when gloom fell over Middle Earth, I mean, since Donald […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning The United States’ support for Israel is rooted more in American geopolitical interests in the Middle East than cultural […]
BY ALEX HEMINGWAY Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives In the BC election, significant tax cuts were put on the table by both the BC Conservatives […]
The election is over … ish? As of this writing, the final count of the October 19 election wasn’t quite done but it appeared things […]
Those of you who read my column on a regular basis (I know there’s a least a couple of you) may remember that last week […]
For almost a quarter century, Prince George voters have sent exclusively BC Liberals to Victoria. From Shirley Bond, Pat Bell, and Paul Nettleton in 2001 […]
I blame the BC Northern Exhibition for my being confused the past couple of weeks. Not, please note, that I’m excusing them from playing in […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning The Conservative Party of BC has been surging in the polls ever since former BC United leader Kevin Falcon […]
“Sign, signs, everywhere signs”. The opening line from ‘Signs’, a song originally done by the Canadian group Five Man Electrical Band in 1971, which made […]
Coming out of my apartment Saturday, I saw a black cat. Some people would say that was a bad sign, but I disagree. You see, […]
BY DANIEL SIMS Special to the News This conflict is all the more true for incumbent candidates, like Coralee Oakes. Thrice elected as the MLA […]
BY DANIEL SIMS Special to the News “The socialists hordes are the gates of British Columbia,” warned Premier W.A.C. Bennett during the 1972 provincial election. […]
I’m going to go with some Random Ramblings this week, and I blame my sister. She’s in from Alberta for a few days, and while […]
This is a time of year I find somewhat inconvenient. It’s got as much to do with the weather as anything else, and I don’t […]
I think I saved a life on the weekend. It wasn’t a person’s life. It was a bird. A crow to be more specific. I […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning The world just said goodbye to talk show host Phil Donahue. Most of the tributes state that he revolutionized […]
Prince George-Valemount is now ‘in play.’ Following BC United leader Kevin Falcon’s somewhat despicable treatment of Prince George-Valemount MLA Shirley Bond (and other BC United […]
BY PETER EWART Special to the News It was shocking news for many. BC United Party leader Kevin Falcon and BC Conservative leader John Rustad […]
If you think you’re having a bad day (or a bad week, or a bad month), just be glad you aren’t the Chicago White Sox […]
I am writing this column on Sunday. That means it’s a week until Labour Day, just over two months to Halloween – and exactly four […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning If one looks at the mainstream media and listens to leading Western politicians, it seems that support for Israel […]
I think it was water that told me things were different. About two weeks ago, I found my left ear seemed quite badly plugged. I’ve […]
BY ERIC ALLEN Special to the News The City of Prince George has initiated an “Alternative Approval Process” (AAP) to get citizen input regarding its […]
I took a bit of a chance Sunday morning, and went out for a walk. The forecast was possible showers and the skies did look […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning Canada is one of the most diverse countries in the world, and this diversity is one of our greatest […]
I don’t know if anyone else noticed, but we had a bit of a weather event on Friday evening in Prince George. I didn’t see […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning It is an understatement to say that we live in tumultuous times. There is murder and suffering in Israel/Palestine […]
Time, in some respects, was not on my side last weekend. I woke up Saturday morning at about 4:30 after a fairly good night’s sleep. […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning One point I gather from listening to experienced diplomats like Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, who served in the American State […]
I’m not sure if anyone else has noticed, but it is HOT in Prince George these days. I’m using various ways to try and stay […]
So a few weeks ago, I wrote a column about discovering a hard-rock band of three sisters from Mexico called The Warning. Well, I have […]
Editor: A recent Leger poll showed dementia is a wide-spread personal concern in B.C., ranking among the top four perceived health problems – behind cancer, […]
I had a couple of ideas for this week’s columns, but most of them can be saved for later. The one that came to me […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning After the Second World War and the Holocaust, numerous efforts were made to define and protect human rights. 1948, […]
What a drag it is getting old. That sounds like a good line for a song. I’m going to write it down. My latest experience […]
Tourism Prince George unveiled a new, self-guided outing for those interested in local food growers and food sustainability called, Farm Tour. With 15 locations to […]
All I can say about this column is I am giving you a ‘Warning.’ Two weeks ago, I had never heard of The Warning. Then […]
There is no joy in right-of-centreville these days. News last week that BC United and the BC Conservatives aren’t going to merge or work at […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning I owe an apology to Pierre Poilievre, the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. In a recent column, […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning In the 1982 film Gandhi, Ben Kingsley, who played the iconic leader, confronted British administrators in India and stated […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning The retaliatory strike on Gaza – in response to the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7 – was […]
BY PETER EWART Special to the News Forestry in B.C. cannot continue in the old way, but new ways have yet to emerge. The mill […]
BY JAMES STEIDLE Special. to the News If there is one thing we can trace these mill closures back to, it’s the disastrous BC Liberal/BC […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning The great African American writer Maya Angelou said, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first […]
If you’re a Canuck fan, you come to expect the worst From losing Gilbert Perrault on the flip of a coin when joining the league […]
I did something last week I hadn’t done in about five years. Some friends and I headed down to Seattle to take in a couple […]
BY PETER EWART Special to the News Youth at universities and colleges have come forward in many thousands across the US, Canada and elsewhere to […]