Opinion

The prime minister wants Canadians to celebrate the coming anniversaries of what are described as historic milestones — such as the First World War, the birth of Sir John A. and Confederation — and I wonder why.

It’s been a difficult and esteem-damaging week for those cats who are bright enough to read the daily papers or surf the Internet.

If you went to your local store and paid $200 for a computer program that did not work, what would you do? Most people would return the item and request a replacement or ask for a refund.

The decision to bull ahead with imposing certain impaired driving penalties even after parts of the system were declared invalid was formally abandoned this week.

Those of us who grew up in the last century heard all about how easy we had it. The tirade usually began, “When I was your age ...” and continued with the Facts of Life. These included: “I had to be up at 3 a.m. to get to school on time.

On Tuesday, the Times Colonist ran a news story referring to a “plan” proposed by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives to scrap Medical Services Plan premiums and replace those revenues with increases in personal income taxes.

I’ve been blogging backwards…a bit…trying to get everything sorted in the right order.

Sitting quietly one morning, I heard the chainsaw. My heart skipped a beat and I froze in my seat. I knew what was happening. The huge, old grand fir a block down the road was being chopped down.

Last week, Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence ended her hunger strike of six weeks.

The evolution of a new round of teacher bargaining will depend on at least three key factors: first, the desire of both sides to reach an agreement rather than play politics; second, the negotiating skills of the facilitator/conciliator; and third, a