WHEN BIG O TIRE burned in View Royal, Eric Chang was visibly upset. “Don is such a good neighbour,” he said as black smoke billowed into the sky. “He’s a good guy.” [Continue]
MY MOTHER, Jean Knox, turns 100 years old today, totally screwing up my retirement-budget calculations. I put her longevity down to stubbornness. She never was a quitter, [Continue]
IT’S SMOKY OUT THERE. Need-headlights-at-4-p.m. smoky. Not as bad as newsrooms in 1982, mind you, but still as gloomy as a travel agent. We can see one thing clearly, [Continue]
IT’S THE LABOUR DAY WEEKEND. Labour as in time to go back to work — which, for many people these days means popping open a laptop on the kitchen counter. If there has [Continue]
A COLORADO RADIO HOST named Erin O’Toole woke up this week to discover that, unbeknownst to her, she had become leader of the Conservative Party of Canada overnight. Or, [Continue]
YOU COULDN’T REALLY call the message on the outside the 17 Mile House Pub an advertisement. It’s more of a gleeful taunt: MAPLE LEAFS POUTINE NOW HALF PRICE. What, [Continue]