Good thing my mother is a loyal Times subscriber. She was just about the only reader of some of my columns this year! Well, yes, that’s a bit of an exaggeration. But while some people like to showcase their greatest hits, at the end of every year I like to offer my list of Greatest […]

The theme of Edmonton’s second annual Photo of the Year Contest is earth, water, air and fire. Local photographers are invited to submit pictures that showcase the city of Edmonton using those four elements. “Edmonton continues to be one of the youngest, fastest-growing cities in the country,” Mayor Don Iveson said. “This newfound energy and […]

I was in the pub with my daughter over the weekend enjoying my Christmas pint. I had spent the afternoon at the playground and stuck my head in the door on the way home. People have varying attitudes about kids in pubs, but I take mine the odd time when it’s quiet and I’m one […]

Seasoned poker players appreciate that if you look around the table and can’t tell who the sucker is, it’s most likely you. A similar fatalistic mindset has taken hold over Brexit. In London and Brussels, the last 48 hours have been consumed with formulating no-deal contingency plans. Please sign in or register with Independent.ie for […]

The grassroots, winter clothing drive #Bundleupyeg has reached its lofty goal for the season. The Edmonton initiative had a goal of collecting 1,300 bags of winter clothing for the city’s homeless. On Monday, #Bundleupyeg announced 1,514 bags of clothing had been donated in 31 days. Founder Jasmine Topham posted an emotional video, where she expressed […]

I was exposed to abuse at a very young age. I knew certain things early on, without ever having to be told. I knew men have the power – physically, socially and financially – and a lot of institutions support that arrangement. I knew this long before I had the words to articulate it, and […]

It’s one of the toughest jobs police have in Kelowna — patrolling the city’s drug-riddled downtown core. It’s a place where the homeless congregate — many struggling with addiction and mental health issues. It’s a territory where citizens and even some police officers prefer to avoid, but there are a few on the force who […]

In France, where the extraordinarily unpopular Emmanuel Macron presides over a country roiled by populist protests, a leading politician of Macron’s centrist party was asked in a televised interview what policy mistakes his peers had made: “We were probably too intelligent, too subtle,” he told the interviewer, whose eyebrows danced with disbelief. Around the same […]

This year, researchers at Ohio State University tried to measure the impact that fake news had on the 2016 election. They based their analysis on a postelection survey in which they’d asked voters 281 questions, three of which were intended to determine their exposure to online disinformation. Respondents were asked to rate the accuracy of […]

To the Editor: Re “Where Are All the Female Architects?,” by Allison Arieff (Sunday Review, Dec. 16): I’m a 38-year-old architect with children. I own a thriving firm, and I attended the Yale School of Architecture as a single mom with a toddler. I’ve experienced a wide sampling of icky moments — from “helpful” hands […]