Opinion

According to the most recent survey of cellphone use, these devices have now invaded every aspect of our lives.

Who would have guessed that how we appoint a financial watchdog, the guardian of the public purse in B.C.

"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

Friteries 11561 rue Notre-Dame E, Pointe-Aux-Trembles CONFESSION: Until, very recently (this past Wednesday) I had been a long-time member of the congregation of Notre-Dame-de- Gras .

Wait, hockey’s back on? Oops. Was I the only one who hadn’t noticed it was gone? Well, that’s not quite true. Thinking back on it, it was obvious to any Victorian that hockey was on hiatus. The bars were more laid-back, more pleasant, more convivial.

Politics sometimes makes for strange bedfellows, but few are stranger than the unlikely coupling that took place in Calgary Thursday — some of Alberta’s best-known Conservatives held a special fundraising event for, of all things, Liberals.

Chimichurri over poached eggs...take that Hollandaise! You can get through life without knowing how to tango, speak Spanish, or navigate the cosmopolitan streets of Buenos Aires...

Gourmet smut. You know you've seen it, you know you've liked it, and you've probably even used a search engine to find more of it on the Internet. Know this, you are not alone.

Just last month, we learned that Santa Claus is a bad influence on kids because he smokes a pipe. In fact, the classic poem, ’Twas the Night Before Christmas, was revised to eliminate the pipe so that kids wouldn’t see a picture of Santa smoking.

The independence of MLAs on special selection committees is fully supported by Premier Christy Clark.