Opinion

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.

Since there is a very real possibility our football team's season could be over by this time next week, I've decided to talk about the Saskatchewan Roughriders. I notice interest in the Riders has gone straight down the past number of weeks.

The fall of 2014 moved Canada into a new realm. It used to be Canadian soldiers went to places that were not so nice as part of their commitment to the United Nations and world peace. That was forever changed this October.

When counselling patients on health, physicians often focus on lifestyle changes such as diet, exercise or smoking.

Along with employment and GDP growth, another key measure of economic activity is the value of building permits. Municipalities issue building permits for new construction projects and they provide an important indicator of new capital formation.

I met a Holocaust survivor one warm August day in Chamonix, France as we were doing the tourist thing, wandering about in the shadow of Mont Blanc, and searching for a place to eat.

The political landscape is upside down when the Conservative Party is the big social policy spender. But that's what the Prime Minister Stephen Harper has done with his new $5 billion Family Tax Plan.

In many Canadian cities, good luck if you try to catch a cab in the dead of winter, after a hockey game, early in the morning after exiting a club or at peak holiday times.

he provincial rule books governing the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages are changing. Recently the B.C. Government announced details of which stores will be eligible to stock booze in 2015.

It's the same thing every year: remember, remember, remember. The message is no less important, but as time passes, each new generation falls more out of touch with the reality of the sacrifices that were made.