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Nothing happens until something moves - Albert Einstein

Nothing happens until something moves - Albert Einstein

And so I must move, because I want something to happen. So...why do I want to move? Well...Here's the reason I gave the paper: I want to rekindle my love affair with being active.
Ian Haysom: Readers nominate best Canadian books

Ian Haysom: Readers nominate best Canadian books

What’s the best Canadian novel ever? A couple of weeks ago I bemoaned the fact that not one Canadian novel had made a list of the best 100 novels of all time. And I asked for your ideas. You came through. I was deluged with suggestions.
Iain Hunter: Harper in a hurry to make new laws

Iain Hunter: Harper in a hurry to make new laws

It has been apparent for some time that the government of Stephen Harper might benefit from a little help in making law.
Les Leyne: Clark seeks logging debate with Dix

Les Leyne: Clark seeks logging debate with Dix

For a while there, it sounded like Premier Christy Clark was identifying with the Truck Loggers Association to the point of making herself an honorary member. “There are days when critics didn’t believe in your dream.” Check.
Monique Keiran: Texting from the loo a hazardous endeavour

Monique Keiran: Texting from the loo a hazardous endeavour

According to the most recent survey of cellphone use, these devices have now invaded every aspect of our lives.
Comment: Reflect on reforms to auditor general’s office

Comment: Reflect on reforms to auditor general’s office

Who would have guessed that how we appoint a financial watchdog, the guardian of the public purse in B.C.
Week 1 Peep Show (For your eyes only)

Week 1 Peep Show (For your eyes only)

"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
Notre-Dame-de-Gras

Notre-Dame-de-Gras

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 .
Shannon Corregan: Hockey fans return to their obsession

Shannon Corregan: Hockey fans return to their obsession

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.
Graham Thomson: Alberta Tories raise money for Christy Clark

Graham Thomson: Alberta Tories raise money for Christy Clark

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.