Opinion

Last week, my mention of Burke's "little platoons" raised a question or two by readers I saw over the next few days.

Our 2015 property tax notice states that city council kept tax increases to 2.5 per cent per year for the last two years. The amount the city actually charged increased by an average of 6.92 per cent per year over the last three years.

A student of mine recently quoted John Rabe in a presentation: "If you can do some good, why hesitate?" Studies show that those who are happiest and most satisfied in life are indeed those who do good for others.

I gawda code. It started in my sinuses. Crawled up my nose like Donald Trump, then just sat there, stuffier than Downton Abbey, more painful than Canada's loss at the world juniors.

The federal Liberals are quickly finding out announcing a national inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women was the easy decision.

I have been waiting all week for someone to make the equation between having a Liberal government and the collapsing economy.

There have been a number of articles popping up on the internet over the past few months about the Danish concept of hygge.

What brightens my outlook during dreary January is submitting the best work done by the Citizen newsroom during the previous year for provincial and national journalism awards.

The American electoral system has a lot of unique features and I will use a number of columns this year to explain what is going on at each stage of the process. The U.S.

Mackenzie is celebrating its 50th birthday this year. If Christy Clark gets her way, Mackenzie will not see a 60th birthday.