BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning Andrew Tate rose to great prominence among our young people in 2022. He was banned on several social media […]
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A group of women stood in downtown Vancouver December 28 holding signs with names of women who were murdered by men in 2022. The vigil […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning For many of us, January first is a good time to reassess our progress in life and set goals […]
I’m going to start 2023 the same way I spent a lot of columns in 2022, talking about Blacktop Blockheads. To be honest, I’m not […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning Christmas is the time of year when human beings put aside their differences and come together. It is difficult […]
And so we come to the end of another year. I think back over 2022 and, surprisingly, there isn’t much that stands out for me. […]
Christmas is over and the new year is about to begin. That means it’s time for Bill’s Eerily Inaccurate Predictions for 2023. I predict that […]
During my career as a newspaper reporter I have written realms of stories about the homeless in our city, and other parts of BC — […]
On Saturday evening, at the 5:15 mark of the second period of the WHL game between the Kamloops Blazers and the Prince George Cougars, Ethan […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning Dutch historian Rutger Bregman is very good at asking questions and challenging deeply held beliefs. Many, for example, assume […]
I went walking at CN Centre a few times in the last week, and it seemed I noticed something different each time. On one occasion, […]
The inquiry into whether the feds were justified in invoking the Emergency Measures Act to, ostensibly, quell the Freedom Convoy folks is, thankfully, moving to […]
It’s December. I know it is because I checked three different calendars, and they all confirmed it is the last month of 2022. December, if […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning There is an interesting online debate taking place as to whether Jesus of Nazareth was a socialist or a […]
Many people today have mobile phones (a.k.a. cellphones), but from what I’ve seen recently, some people would be better off without the ‘mobile’ part. I’ve […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning The American rapper GZA hit the nail on the head when he said, “Live a life full of humility, […]
BY IGLIKA IVANOVA AND ALEX HEMINGWAY Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives With inflation shooting up to a 40-year high this year, the cost of living […]
We in Prince George frequently laugh at people in Vancouver early in winter, when they get a half-inch of snow and the whole city shuts […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning It is difficult to identify a world leader who has not betrayed their integrity for the sake of wealth […]
Call it a hunch, but I think winter is here. I think it’s that keen reporter instinct, honed by years of working at community newspapers, […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning We are potentially living in the most dangerous time in history since the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. The […]
BY ALEX HEMINGWAY Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Can B.C. afford to make major new public investments to address crises in housing, climate change, health […]
My column this week has gone to the dogs. I mean, some people probably figure that happened years ago, but this week it’s literal. A […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning There is an interesting phenomenon happening in the world. The quest for truth is gaining momentum, and it cannot […]
There are times where things work out in the end, no matter how they looked earlier. Friday night, I went to bed early, about 9:30 […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning The world is facing trying times. How did we get here? Did we learn anything from the death and […]
Saturday morning, 7:30. I set out for a walk on a route I use a fair bit. West from my apartment building at Fifth and […]
I’m writing this Sunday afternoon, with a beautiful sunny day outside. I will say, however, it is nowhere near that sunny early in the mornings. […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning On average, fewer people vote in local elections than in provincial or federal elections. Interestingly, each vote has a […]
It’s months like this that make me happy I’m not a parent, especially of a student just entering Grade 1. Think about all the questions […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning Being a sports fan is interesting. There are certain teams and athletes to whom we willingly give the utmost […]
Sometimes things might be legal, but they just don’t feel right. A case in point is the Bear Lake Community Commission. The commission is made […]
In the newspaper business, there is always hell to pay. I often joked that if, in order to get that 2,000-word expose on the local […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning Comedy is like any art form; some of it is brilliant, and some of it is dehumanizing. What we […]
Well, we now know that in Prince George, we will have choices to make in the municipal elections on October 15. By the time the […]
How did it become September already? I’m sure it was May just a couple of weeks ago. Since it has cooled off some in Prince […]
A musical question for you: What do the song This Time, Jane Fonda, Horse-Hoeing Husbandry, and a trucking magazine have in common? In one way […]
BY DR. BONNIE HENRY Provincial Health Officer VICTORIA – As the summer holidays draw to a close, many families are starting to think about their […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning Perhaps the most essential key to happiness is to find meaning in our lives. What’s meaningful depends on who […]
For the first time in three years, CFIS radio was back at the B.C. Northern Exhibition on the weekend, and things didn’t go totally smoothly. […]
It’s being whispered in locker rooms all around the world. A good reputation gone bad. Canada – voted Miss Congeniality, and once thought to be […]
It’s funny how sometimes you’re thinking about something for really no reason, and then something else pops into your head and you wonder if there’s […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning Self-development specialist Brian Tracy says, “People with clear, written goals accomplish far more in a shorter period of time […]
I did a fair bit of walking in the last week or so, and most of it was on the streets in my area or […]
BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP The Liberal government continues to make empty promises and vague commitments while taking no real action to […]
I was enjoying a brunch recently when I saw a story on TV about smog covering a city in the U.S. So what, you might […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning Given the criticisms of Critical Race Theory (CRT) on the far right of the political spectrum, I set out […]
Do you remember ‘Sohcahtoa’? How about ‘Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge’? Or ‘Mom Visits Every Sunday, Just Stays Until Noon, Period’? These are all mnemonics […]
Kamal Khera, Minister of Seniors, said in a July 21, 2022 news release announcing a permanent, 10 per cent raise in old age pensions (OAP) […]
Editor: Snachaliya: In Dekelh, this translates to I am thankful for what you have done. Truer words have never been spoken. For over a year […]
And we think we’ve got problems. Not so much. Members of the animal kingdom, particularly its smallest creatures, like insects and rodents, can have it […]
It was 53 years ago today that Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon (assuming you’re reading this on Wednesday). That has very little to do […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning Anger can be a powerful force for good. It can also be extremely destructive, both to ourselves and the […]
Editor: On behalf of the Alzheimer Society of B.C., I would like to extend my gratitude to the northern B.C. community for participating in the […]
Most people who know me would describe me as a cat person. That is true. But maybe they never heard about my dog, Wolf, a […]
One of things people say about the weather in Prince George (well, one of the things we can actually publish) is, “If you don’t like […]
I have decided to come out of hiding. First, because — at last — it is summertime in the Cariboo. Second, my weather watch phone […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning The city of Prince George recently decided to change the name of O’Grady Road to Dakelh Ti, meaning First […]
Darn … I was really looking forward to a John Horgan/Kevin Falcon dust-up during the next provincial election campaign. It would have been great. Horgan, […]
So we’re already basically halfway through 2022, and we’ve already seen more live events with full audiences in Prince George (and everywhere else) than we […]