1 dead in sailboat crash
Youth less likely to re-offend
2 dead after fall through ice
Teen murder trial continues
Mom charged in son's death
Nine detained, one dead
Mansion falling into the sea
Protesters decry Trump
Banned from girl's sports
‘Flight to quality’ underway
Suncor earns $818 M
Google kills diversity goals
Royals slip by Rockets
Scarcity behind the medals
Rockets drop 7th straight
Gisele Bundchen has baby
Blake Lively is sued again
Eilish, Grande to collab?
Transitions
Social service groups and food banks need for help now greater than ever
Canada is hungry and growing hungrier. The empty, rumbling collective stomach is contracting in hunger pains and the growling is getting louder. Many would...
'Search' stories help us find the way
Zen has a wonderful, 900-year-old pictorial story, which, in modern terminology, would be called "no bull." It’s actually called the Oxherding...
Looking at ourselves through our dark sides
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” Marcel Proust We will never be completely whole...
Learning to slow down on the road of life
From the moment of my birth, To the instant of my death, There are patterns I must follow, Just as I must breathe each breath. Like a rat in a maze, The path...
Going into the cold
Icy blades sliced my skin as I plunged into Okanagan Lake. As the oh-so-cold water swallowed me, the image of mercury dropping in a thermometer forced its way...
Leaping into old age
If orange is the new black, 65 is the new 13 — with a little 21 thrown in for good measure. Those over 65 stand at the boundary of a brave new world that...
Seize the (eternal) moment
It is the best of times, it is the worst of times (with apologizes to Charles Dickens). We’ve all looked at the clock with dread as we battled a deadline...
Turn, turn, turn
To everything - turn, turn, turn There is a season - turn, turn, turn And a time for every purpose under heaven That song was written by Pete Seeger in the...
Personal change is glacial
Personal change is usually glacial and we sometimes wonder whether the endeavour is worth the effort. Essentially, the pace doesn't matter, but some of us...
Finding light in others
The put down has a high profile in our culture. One of the favourite topics around the coffee pot and the beer jug is running down other people while TV...
Did you know?
We have been shaped by events and forces we don’t remember or simply didn’t recognize their importance. As a species, we were moulded by seismic...
Who wrote your life script?
Hollywood scriptwriters are paid well to write movies we want to see. We don’t get paid as well as those people who come with the great story and great...
Planting in the garden of life
This is a weekend for the beach, the golf course and the garden — to be in nature. After what seems like a long, hard winter and a so-so spring, finally,...
You wear the mask
“We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes, This debt we pay to human guile; With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,...
You're really it!
There are many definitions of enlightenment, but the one that makes the most sense today is acceptance. Acceptance of self and the world. People who accept...
Start spring cleaning now
Winter is an odd time to do spring cleaning, but last month many of us vowed to shift our agreement with reality, to reshape ourselves. Many people resolved to...
Ruminating on regrets
“Regrets, I’ve had a few, but, then again, too few to mention,” Frank Sinatra warbled in I Did It My Way, a song written by Paul Anka from the...
Is your wallet a black hole?
These are the times that try men’s souls. Thomas Paine wrote that in 1776, but any time can try our souls, our principles, our concepts about self. Most...
Losing at the blame game
If Quora can be believed, shooting green pigs with a slingshot is one of the most popular pastimes in the world. But others claim that Minecraft, LOL, League of...
What do you know for sure?
“In the beginning….” That’s how the greatest bestseller in history starts. It has been on the bestseller list since before there was a...
