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Waffling council

Waffling council

Question is, if council can revisit the OK'ing for a new arena and overturn their previous votes, it is possible (to me it makes sense) that they should be revisiting their pay increases as well.
Demolishing Kin 1 an absurd concept

Demolishing Kin 1 an absurd concept

So a new arena isn't in the cards for now, thanks to Mayor Rogers, and councillors Frizzel and Munoz.
Thanks for the good deeds

Thanks for the good deeds

Being a single mother of two isn't easy. I needed to get some groceries, and my 10-year-old son wasn't feeling well. I couldn't leave him at home so I took him with me.
Spirituality and Real Life

Spirituality and Real Life

This is the fifth and final article in our exploration of how religious or spiritual groups interact with the world they are a part of.
Canucks will rise again

Canucks will rise again

It is so easy to be critical. For both the Bruins and Canucks to have attained the status to compete for Hockey's Treasure, the Stanley Cup - is an accomplishment in itself. Congratulations to the Bruins. They won.
Sports car sound, family capabilities

Sports car sound, family capabilities

A lot of people I know would not be caught driving a minivan. My wife is one of those people, yet I will bet that almost all of them have not driven a minivan in the last 10 years at least.
Welcome to a flatter, spikier world

Welcome to a flatter, spikier world

Who's Your City? By Richard Florida In The World is Flat, Thomas Friedman outlined how globalization is providing growth opportunities throughout the developing world.
The tale of two unions

The tale of two unions

With apologies to Dickens, we'll call this column the tale of two unions; the first, Air Canada's CAW which represents customer sales and service agents; the second, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.
Written on a napkin

Written on a napkin

Warren Buffet is purported to have provided the following sage advice: "Invest in what you understand...don't go outside your circle of confidence." With this in mind, consider two starkly different business plans I had the pleasure of reviewing.
Target all drivers equally

Target all drivers equally

Recently there have been several accidents on the highway causing injuries and death and invariably people begin to question why it happened and the two most common license holders that are targeted are the elderly and the young (new) driver.