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What is an advent calendar?

What is an advent calendar?

I wasn鈥檛 sure I鈥檇 write this post, mostly because I didn鈥檛 want it to be mistaken for yet another 鈥渨ar on Christmas鈥 diatribe. Because those make me extremely uneasy.
Comment: Clark must call a free vote to abolish the Senate

Comment: Clark must call a free vote to abolish the Senate

It was meant as a gag; a satirical lampoon in the grand old political tradition of using a crazy stunt to gain attention.
Iain Hunter: Like the iceman, the postie will vanish

Iain Hunter: Like the iceman, the postie will vanish

So. No more the Jolly Postman.
David Bly: We know more than ever about our food

David Bly: We know more than ever about our food

As the Christmas season advances, so do the opportunities to eat, and sound nutrition is not always top of mind. Good intentions are easily pushed aside by the abundance of treats, to be resurrected post-holidays as remedial resolutions.
Monique Keiran: Find community around the dinner table

Monique Keiran: Find community around the dinner table

Holiday menus and tasty treats figure largely at this time of year. Already, the festive dinners and seasonal parties have begun. Groaning boards are groaning, and horns of plenty are plentiful and overflowing.
Les Leyne: The dome might be fine, after all

Les Leyne: The dome might be fine, after all

The twisting-dome crisis at the legislature deflated this week, as politicians decided to back up and take another look at the issue. Which is a common-sense move.
Facing up to our fear

Facing up to our fear

鈥淚f you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.鈥 People ask me what this means.
Comment: When the justice system leads to injustice

Comment: When the justice system leads to injustice

How should society respond to decreasing crime rates? Should we see this as an opportunity to reduce the number of people in our prisons? Or should we find ways to maintain and even increase our prison populations, just as has been done in the United
Shannon Corregan: Public libraries more relevant than ever

Shannon Corregan: Public libraries more relevant than ever

Every now and then, I鈥檓 reminded of how lucky we are to have public libraries.
Paula Simons: WestJet's slick marketing also a holiday treat

Paula Simons: WestJet's slick marketing also a holiday treat

WestJet has staged a Christmas miracle for some of its passengers 鈥 a holiday stunt that has proved a triumph of social media marketing. On a snowy Nov.