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Last week, I attended an event to celebrate Sir John A. Macdonald's birthday. He turned 198. This caused me to reflect on why we continue to acknowledge his birthday separately from his major accomplishment - creating Canada.

Forty-four thousand dollars per year is not what it used to be.

Last week, an 11-year-old child brought a gun to school in Utah to protect himself from a Newtown-style shooting.

The fundamental challenge facing the U.S. is not the battle over raising the ceiling on government borrowing or deciding what, if any, discretionary government expenditures should be cut.

When things out of the ordinary happen, one usually stops, reflects and wonders what to do next.

Murphy the Wonder Dog is a nervous wreck.

On the morning of Christmas Eve my son and I went for a run in East Kelowna. I called it my "make room for turkey run." Part way through on a deserted stretch of road, I heard a vehicle approaching from behind so we moved over to let it pass. Instead of passing us it slowed down, then pulled even with us and finally stopped. Based on past experience, I assumed it would be somebody looking for directions. When people see you running in a neighbourhood, they automatically assume you know the area, which is not always a safe assumption.

In all the silliness about the Mayan calendar and the end of the world, I failed to note a significant anniversary.

Every time B.C. taxpayers think MLAs will put their expenses out, they pull them back in.