Opinion

January is a time when many people measure such things as waistlines, alcohol intake and fitness levels, and realize it’s time to make some lifestyle resolutions.

An elderly woman was found dead and three people sick with flu-like illness were taken off a Vancouver-Toronto train in Parry Sound, Ont., on Dec. 29. This incident demonstrates how serious infections like influenza can be.

The federal review hearing into the Northern Gateway pipeline at the Delta Ocean Pointe was just like going back to first-year university at Carleton.

This holiday season, I’ve been told, was all quiet on the PC front — meaning, I guess, that those pesky people who push politically correct language didn’t manage to ruin anyone’s Christmas this year.

Looking ahead to his budget, expected in March, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will need more than the luck of the Irish, he’ll need a crystal ball.

There was a time when the nature of paper records ensured us all some measure of privacy. Only so many records could be kept and searching them took time. Those days are long gone.

Fearless political predictions for 2013, from a career .150 hitter with a record of swinging at back pitches. • B.C. Conservative Party leader John Cummins? Win? He won’t even run.

Fearless political predictions for 2013, from a career .150 hitter with a record of swinging at back pitches. • B.C. Conservative Party leader John Cummins? Win? He won’t even run.

If you’ve been following media accounts of the U.S. budget negotiations, you might have the impression that a victory has been won. According to the CBC, for example, the U.S.

Patrick McLaren Paul Summerville and Rowan Porta (“Making the case for a more-welcoming Canada,” Dec. 30, 2012) make the case that declining populations in developed countries represent a “dangerous” demographic shift that threatens their economies.