Opinion

When looking back on the most-read stories of 2013, it's not surprising that the foiled Canada Day legislature bombing plot is front and centre. Tuesday, July 2 was the single-biggest day for visitors to timescolonist.com .

As the National Energy Board’s recommendations on Enbridge’s oil tanker and pipeline proposal for B.C. were released, I tuned into CBC Newsworld and CTV News Network to see the coverage unfold live.

A new year looms and so much lies ahead. We can make all sorts of resolutions to be and do better in 2014. But as citizens of countries and members of communities and congregations with wider wants, we can’t act alone.

Trails are the lifeblood of Canada, pure and simple, vital to our well-being and our country’s future. Rich offerings of heritage, nature and the meaning of life spill from trails.

I can’t remember a holiday season when there have been four Canadian political books on the market, each of them very different, and all of them selling well.

I don’t know about you, but I’m finding having people over for dinner is getting complicated. First, there are the scheduling issues.

To get through the latest part of my quest for health and fitness, I've had to find some serious steely resolve.

Having recovered from Christmas celebrations our thoughts turn to the new year. I’m always amazed that no matter how many times we try (and fail), we make new resolutions for the coming year. Human beings are perpetually hopeful.

Any time of year is a good time to discuss poverty, but the subject has obvious resonance at Christmas. Thus, unsurprisingly, Pope Francis recently wrote about the necessity of compassion for those on the margins.

Canada Post’s recent announcement of its plan to cease door-to-door mail delivery in urban areas was so badly timed that at first I wondered if it wasn’t just a holiday prank.