Talk of coalition stuns veteran MP

“It’s beyond anything that I can imagine, anything I’ve experienced before. It’s just beyond the pale.” This week’s fireworks in Ottawa, where talks brew of a coalition government, have left Delta-Richmond East MP John Cummins—a man who has almost seen it... more

• Hamilton parents not giving up school bus fight
• Give coalition a chance
• Real estate lurches down again

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How to host a stress-free holiday party

The holidays are one of the busiest and most stressful times of the year. Whether you are cooking, baking, cleaning, shopping, wrapping gifts, visiting friends and relatives, attending holiday parties, or maybe hosting your own, there is always something that... more > more

It’s ideas, not insults, that count

The fall legislative session has come and gone, five days of accusations and insults that mainly served to demonstrate how unready the NDP is to govern the province in these uncertain times. The NDP’s favourite sound bite last week was that... more

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• ANDREA PHILLPOTTS: The office party – an anthropological study
• No recession here in B.C., you say?

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Stop bickering and solve this crisis

Stop bickering and solve this crisis We are utterly disgusted with the behavior of the members of parliament  in Ottawa since the elections. They must think that, we the Canadian people, must be stupid. The Liberal members are claiming that Stephen Harper... more

• A lust for power
• City makes its first step towards a sustainable beer c
• Crossing suggestion should be applied to No. 3 and Wes

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Coalitions, minority governments a rarity in Canada

I've been reluctant to enter the blogosphere, but not because I doubt its value. My son Andrew has three blogs on the go, and the reaction he gets from them certainly proves to me the value of spreading opinions in... more

• It's time to go, Harper
• Why the Interurban won't work today
• Transport study was stacked against B.C.: critic

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