Opinion

I’ve spent a lot of time in this column telling you about my spouse, the Carpenter, and how…

It is surprising to note the continuation of high-end consumption nowadays. Examples abound of the…

I now believe what the weather forecasters have been nattering about when reporting the weather,…

The past couple of days have been a rather interesting time for me. The weather has finally warmed…

Small businesses are the backbone of Canada’s economy and the cornerstone of our local…

You might not know this, but I have an older brother. And when I say older, I’m talking much,…

Central to the outlook for the Canadian economy is our export trade. That accounts for just over 30…

In response to the financial crisis of the previous decade, policy-makers decided to take all…

So, I have been giving this whole gratitude thing a lot of thought as we head into another…

At first glance it seems like a great idea for businesses to have employees participate in the…

Christmas once again comes rolling around. As you get older, it seems to come a little more…

Something is happening in the corporate world that has not taken place in this generation. Hitherto…

The following is a reprint of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…

I am not like other girls. You should know this by now. Sure, in the most fundamental ways, I have…

When I was a child, my grandfather taught me how to build a house of cards. One by one, I carefully…