Opinion

Watching the Jian Ghomeshi situation blow up has been interesting on a few different levels. During discussions with other people, I’ve come to realize that it has brought to light several disturbing and complicated situations for both men and women.

By now, you’ve heard of the Jian Ghomeshi scandal. The former host of Q has been accused of assaulting about ten people. The tide has turned against him, despite an attempt to control the conversation through a 1,600 word Facebook post.

A colourful, living addition to your Christmas or New Year's home décor, now is the ideal time to pot up a few amaryllis bulbs (Hippeastrum spp.) for your own enjoyment or as an early gift for your friends.

One of my most favourite places to be is the spot somewhere in between "yes" and "no." ?? You apply for a job and the deadline for applications has not come to pass. You extend an invitation and await a reply.

When I first came to Alberta a quarter-century ago, vacancy rates in Calgary and Edmonton exceeded 10 per cent. In Edmonton, where I lived in 1988, landlords often gave one month free on an already cheap 12-month lease.

Which fossil fuel is the largest generator of greenhouse gas emissions and toxic smog? If you answered coal, you're right. Coal produces half of all global carbon dioxide emissions and almost all toxic smog.

Scrutiny of government tax and spending policies remains an important hallmark of Canadian democracy. And yet, while federal and provincial government finances routinely make headlines, municipal governments often escape the fiscal spotlight.

The recent killing of two Canadian soldiers by self-professed, radicalized young men who became enamoured with a violent interpretation of Islam will bring up multiple assertions about the "root cause" for such attacks.

We now seem to be in a pattern. A little snow, a little melting and then a little snow again. When it wasn't snowing the weather was quite pleasant. It really is typical November weather.

A recent highlight of 2014 for Hubby and me was the visit of our sister-in-law and her three daughters. It's been more than a decade since we last saw her and more years than that since we saw our nieces.