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My grandmother didn’t like ice in her drinks. She preferred boiled water that had cooled to room temperature, stored in an insulated bottle. Or a cup of hot tea. I haven’t embraced room-temperature water, yet.

The Trans Mountain pipeline application, like the Enbridge Northern Gateway one before it, has chapter and verse on the benefits to B.C. But in reciting all the job-creation and tax-revenue benefits, both outfits are missing the point. B.C.

Since mid-2009, Canada has held bragging rights on coming out of the Great Recession in better shape than any other G7 country, particularly the U.S.

"What is more important? The right for someone to comfortably practice their faith, or the rights of women?" Whenever I'm faced with a difficult question of ethics, I do what I always do: I ask my 8-year old son.

As we try to understand the ever-changing impact that technology is having on our lives, one of the standard reasons for angst is the perception that smartphones and social media have made the current generation more selfish.

About five years ago, I became acquainted with retiree Jim Tocher. Then in his 80s, Golden, B.C.-born Tocher was a classic 91Ô­´´ success story.

...to me. Realistically, I would like to make some toast for me...but bread is so 2012. I am raising that proverbial glass in celebration of 1 full year of healthy lifestyling.

During the summer, riding home on my bicycle at night along Blanshard Street, I would occasionally encounter the unmistakable smell of marijuana smoke as cars passed me or pulled up beside me at stop lights.

With one terrific sentence, a Times 91Ô­´´ editorial on a Victoria neighbourhood issue highlights what’s missing from any rational discussion of a much bigger issue in B.C. — oil and gas pipelines. The Jan.

As a songwriter, Neil Young is known for his poetic turns of phrase. He has, after all, seen the needle and the damage done. So, it’s not surprising that when describing Alberta’s oilsands, he compared them to the site of an atomic explosion.