Opinion

A few years ago, at a chemical conference, one of the keynote speakers put up a particularly telling cartoon. It had two panels.

Q: Crude oil and gasoline prices have been falling, but diesel prices are still high.

When you get three chart-topping solo pop artists together on one radio-and-nightclub friendly pop song it could either be a train wreck or pure fun.

More than 2000 years ago angels sang, "Peace on earth, good will toward men.

Brrr, wow last week sure was cold. The great thing about being Canadian is we hunker down and do what we have to and make the best of it. What better time to stay indoors and enjoy a nice glass of wine or two.

The Norfolk Island pine makes a beautiful houseplant especially this time of year. Native to the South Pacific's, it is a tropical evergreen that grows outdoors in warm frost-free climates but in colder climates it is strictly an indoor houseplant.

Gratitude, appreciation and gratefulness! These are the words I must express to send out a huge thank you to Lara Beckett for her advice and continued community support.

With the many violent crimes being featured in the news lately, it's an opportunity to reflect on the portrayal of offenders.

I thought that this week I would give a little background into the procedure of non-confidence votes. The issue arose recently in Manitoba as NDP Premier Greg Selinger faced a motion of non-confidence in the Legislature.

This is a revised version of a column that first appeared in the Citizen on Dec. 5, 2003: The radio came on at 7:30 a.m. I was in fourth year of university at Carleton in Ottawa, the semester was wrapping up and final exams loomed.