Opinion

Canada is an urban nation with more than 80 per cent of its population living in cities or towns. At the dawn of Confederation, the urban/rural split was exactly the opposite.

“Holy cow”. We use this expression to indicate amazement. Unlike the Hindus, we North Americans don’t mean it literally.

Another week, another poll. This recent one, by Ekos Research, finds what others have shown consistently over the past year or so: The Liberal Party of Canada maintains a surprising popularity that might well lead it to power in the next election.

Have you ever listened to a silent forest? Have you ever felt the eerie disquiet of a broken and incomplete ecosystem? Recently, I experienced this for the first time.

When I saw the roadside memorial of a rickety white-board cross and faded plastic flowers, it dawned on me. May be this wasn't the tragic scene of a vehicle accident. It could have been a runner mowed down while hugging the side of the road.

B.C. Hydro’s website allows you to track daily electricity usage. It’s part of the utility’s effort to encourage conservation . If you know what you’re using, you might use less of it, the theory goes. Here’s what I discovered about our summer vs.

Ebola continues to spread in Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria, where 932 of the 1,711 infected with the viral hemorrhagic fever have died. This is the worst Ebola pandemic since the disease was discovered in 1976.

It seems hardly possible that a responsible government would, in the words of Canadian author and social activist Naomi Klein, employ the “shock doctrine” of manufactured crises when it comes to governing services such as health and education.

There is a long-standing labour-relations adage that “bosses get the union they deserve.” If employers want to deal with a union that is trusting, problem-solving and prepared to listen, they need to behave the same way.

We live in a digital age. Technology has become an integral part of how we see, learn about and interact with the world.