Opinion

If Lizzo says it, it must be true. 'If I am shinin’ everybody’s gonna shine.' While songs about heart break and unrequited love will never go out of fashion, it is refreshing to hear music that inspires us to be kinder to ourselves and others.

What ingredients would you grab from the grocery store to make a meal for $20 or less?

After 20 years of dramatic reductions, Canada’s elderly poverty rate has been rising. This is a worrisome trend that seems to be on the back-burner of government priorities – and the young should not be looking away.

While I recognize language evolves over time to meet the needs of daily conversation and correspondence, I worry that Canadians are losing their linguistic identity without even knowing it.

So, for those New Year’s Scrooges out there, I have a solution that may suit you better. Why not become a seasonal goal-setter. Everything has its season, so why not prepare and plan our goals to match it? 

Giant signs proclaim high prices