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Jane MacdougallVancouver Sun |
Opinion: Familect is what you get when you smush the words “family” and “dialect” into one word. And you end up with "sqwacks" and "sqwans"....
Got a parking ticket? Life is short. You pick your battles. You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account....
Opinion: We want our police to be models of uninterrupted forbearance. Even if many of us couldn’t lay claim to the same. You can save this article...
This week the Bookless Club maps out how we're all related. You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account....
My mom asks what the matter is. I tell her I don’t want her to die. You’ll leave the milk out. The basement door wide open. When the call...
Opinion: Lateness isn’t always your fault. And really, except for rocket launches, does five minutes one way or the other really affect much?...
What resonates with one person may fall flat for another. My son was entranced by the Rembrandts at the Frick Museum in New York City. He was 10. Some...
What are you going to put in a modern-day piggy bank? E-transfers? Bitcoin? It seemed like the perfect gift for a four year old. It was a piggy...
Opinion: I’m referring to potty training in the West. We’re bad at it. We used to be better. What used to take a year, now routinely takes up to...
'Grandpa chic' is just the stuff you have accumulated over the years. Good stuff. Serviceable stuff. Stuff they just don’t make anymore. You, baby,...
If you’re a kid, it’s literally a gift from the heavens. Snow is a beautiful misery. If you’re a kid, it’s literally a gift from the...
Opinion: A lamp is an active participant in whatever theme you’ve got going. Necessity may be the mother of invention, but at my house it takes the...
Music, the most abstract of the arts, is increasingly considered when it comes to a broad spectrum of health challenges. When you think of drugs, the...
There’s a song that will go into heavy rotation over the next 48 hours. It was a hit back in 1981. You know the one — Daniel Fogelberg’s Same...
There you have it — my ideal house. A shipping/receiving facility at the back door, two vanities, and a walk-in closet. We’re only days away from...
Opinion: COVID put a big dent in a lot of our routines. Movie-going is one of the things that suffered most due to the pandemic. There are a couple of...
Having a good nose has long been associated with health and safety — it's always on the job, even when you sleep. Do you remember Tweed perfume? ...
This time around I would be a mature student. Clearly, first time around I was an immature student. And how. University was so hard the first time...
Opinion: Given the troubles plaguing the world at the moment, I hope everyone buys a poppy. And maybe this year, we shouldn’t take them off. The...
Opinion: When I was a kid, I used to eat about four or five apples a day. It didn’t matter what variety, I loved them all. There’s a saying I...
Tires are one of the essentials of our mobile society. Without them, commuting, excursions, and transportation would seize up. I’ve had to replace...
When I was a kid, everybody named their cars. I have a friend who grew up with a "Betsy" parked in the family’s garage. Her name was Esmeralda. ...
This is the 167th instalment of The Bookless Club. That’s 167 questions that we’ve pondered together. We started this thing, you and I, back when...
Teachers can touch you in many ways, even when they catch you skirting the rules Did I remember Mr. Crittenden?, she asked tentatively. I hadn’t...
Some cooks are terrible with a bundt pan and some bakers turn tail at the sight of a roasting pan. So, what are you? A cook or a baker? Generally...
Maybe this makes sense to you. Maybe, like me, it makes no sense to you at all. Maybe this makes sense to you. Maybe, like me, it makes no sense to...