Opinion

A growing number of Canadian parents are offering their adult children cash to leave home and move into a place of their own, and that has been one factor in a surging percentage of people living alone, especially among those age 55 and older.

Candidates for the leadership of the new United Conservative Party always leave out one important thing when they talk. Would-be leaders of any other party would not talk about that thing either.

Candidates for the leadership of the new United Conservative Party always leave out one important thing when they talk. Would-be leaders of any other party would not talk about that thing either.

Picture yourself shopping. You drive to the store, and park about a kilometre from the door. When you finally get to the door, you are stopped and asked for your membership.

A growing number of Canadian parents are offering their adult children cash to leave home and move into a place of their own, and that has been one factor in a surging percentage of people living alone, especially among those age 55 and older.

A few years ago, there was a popular book called “Don't Sweat the Small Stuff … And It's All Small Stuff”, by Richard Carlson. Like most books in the self-help genre, it was enormously popular, now mostly forgotten.

Barb and Douglas Fink of Edmonton won $1.8 million in an April lottery, after winning $100,000 in 2010 and Douglas shared $128,000 with four friends in 1989.

Wildrose and Progressive Conservative party members have voted overwhelmingly to merge into a new entity called the United Conservative Party — a name that evokes grand strategy but also crossed-fingers hope that they can all get along.

Wildrose and Progressive Conservative party members have voted overwhelmingly to merge into a new entity called the United Conservative Party — a name that evokes grand strategy but also crossed-fingers hope that they can all get along.

Barb and Douglas Fink of Edmonton won $1.8 million in an April lottery, after winning $100,000 in 2010 and Douglas shared $128,000 with four friends in 1989.