Opinion

"Tradition is the illusion of permanence." - Woody Allen The rain was playing blues on my metal roof. It was warm outside, way warmer than it should be at this time of the year. Certainly didn't feel like the first day of the season.

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Let's be fair: there does seem to be some sort of pattern here, but it is not very consistent. Five times in Israel since 1980 a right-wing government has called an election WITHOUT launching a complementary military operation.

Tourism was back in the news last week, with the provincial government's long-anticipated announcement that it was re-creating a Crown corporation, run by the industry, to market the province. Destination B.C. sounds very much like Tourism B.C.

"I realized I was only truly happy when I was in the mountains. That's when I decided I had to find a way to create a life there." - Jayson Faulkner He thought that getting involved in local politics was all about giving back.

If there was one theme that united the various speeches and presentations at the Jack Webster Awards two weeks ago, it was the importance of updating newsrooms and embracing this digital Pandora that is well out of the box by now.

WAG says thanks It takes an entire community to run an animal shelter; and this weekend the residents and guests of Whistler came together to do just that.

This Sunday marks the first Remembrance Day in a decade that Canadian troops have not been on combat duty in Afghanistan. That mission officially ended last December. How successful the mission in Afghanistan has been will be judged by history.

It's hard to know how much impact New York mayor Michael Bloomberg's comments about climate change after Hurricane Sandy had on the U.S. election.

Back in 2004, the B.C. government started to talk seriously about digitizing medical records, assembling them all in one database and putting that information online so it could be accessed by any doctor or health practitioner anywhere.