Opinion

The conventional wisdom is that foreign policy and national security do not matter in elections in Canada, and the wisdom is conventional for a reason. Historically, it’s true. But Canada is not immune from the world.

The tone of reconciliation in the new cover of Charlie Hebdo points to what seemed lost after last week’s murderous attack: recognition of the essential distinction between fear and prudence.

Every 10 or 15 years or so, I totally crush it with a political prediction that turns out to be right. So modesty must be abandoned for a moment to note my forecast last month that local municipal leaders this year will leave the B.C.

Among the most essential determinants of our health is food. Only air and water are more vital.

The Rumbles will soon be even harder to ignore. The odd acoustic phenomenon that’s been noticeable mostly on the eastern side of the capital region for a few years is officially turning into an issue.

In politics, it’s said that when they laugh at you, you’re done. That’s the reason serious and humourless politicians hate satire. People driven by causes either from the left or the right, or with a religious agenda, also hate satire.

January 7 th started out like any other Wednesday morning in Paris, but at 11:30 am that all changed and the City of Lights was plunged into a dark and scary nightmare that ended 3 days later after tearing through a newspaper office and a Jewish supe

Back in mid-December, a low-key electronic sign was installed beside the Galloping Goose Trail just after the Point Ellice Bridge as you approach downtown. I saw it for the first time while out for a bicycle ride on Sunday. It is a nice looking sign.

To those of you in awe of anyone who trains for and completes a marathon without ending up in a medical tent, let me set you straight – any race is worthy of respect.

The classroom was populated by very bright, imaginative Grade 12 students. Sound like a teacher’s dream? Absolutely. The school was a “selective” public high school, one of seven in Australia’s New South Wales in the late 1960s.